- 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

Beneath the United States
A History of U.S. Policy toward Latin America
Product Details
PAPERBACK
$41.00 • £32.95 • €37.00
ISBN 9780674922761
Publication Date: 06/15/1998
Awards & Accolades
- Honorable Mention, 1998 Association of American Publishers PSP Annual Award, Government and Political Science Category