Beneath the United States

A History of U.S. Policy toward Latin America

Lars Schoultz

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$41.00 • £32.95 • €37.00

ISBN 9780674922761

Publication Date: 06/15/1998

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496 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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Preface
1. Encountering Latin America
2. Acquiring Northern Mexico
3. Struggling over Slavery in the Caribbean
4. Ending an Era: Regional Hegemony over a Defective People
5. Beginning a New Era: The Imperial Mentality
6. Testing the Imperial Waters: Confronting Chile
7. Excluding Great Britain: The Venezuela Boundary Dispute
8. Establishing an Empire: Cuba and the War with Spain
9. Creating a Country, Building a Canal
10. Chastising Chronic Wrongdoing
11. Providing Benevolent Supervision: Dollar Diplomacy
12. Continuing to Help in the Most Practical Way Possible
13. Removing the Marines, Installing the Puppets
14. Establishing the Foundations of Honorable Intercourse
15. Becoming a Good Neighbor
16. Attacking Dictatorships
17. Combatting Communism with Friendly Dictators
18. Combatting Communism with Economic Development
19. Two Centuries Later
Sources
Notes
Index

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