LAST YEARS MONROE PB - Couverture souple

Smith, Gaddis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0809015684 ISBN 13 : 9780809015689

Editeur : Hill and Wang, 1994

Synopsis

When President Monroe issued his 1823 doctrine on U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere, it quickly became as sacred to Americans as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. But in the years after World War II - notably in Guatemala in 1954, in Brazil in 1963, in Chile in 1973, and in El Salvador in the 1980s - our government's policy of supporting repressive regimes in Central and South America hastened the death of the very doctrine that had been invoked to protect us in the Cold War, by associating its application with torture squads, murder, and the denial of the very democratic ideals the Monroe Doctrine was intended to protect. Gaddis Smith's measured but devastating account is essential reading for all those who care how the United States behaves in the world arena.

"This epilogue to well-known history of Monroe Doctrine is a provocative interpretation of how US presidents resolved policy contradiction of accepting Soviet presence in the Caribbean while reaffirming tenets of Monroe Doctrine"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gaddis Smith is Larned Professor of History at Yale University, where he has taught the history of American diplomacy and foreign policy since 1961. He is the author of numerous books, including Morality, Reason, and Power: American Diplomacy in the Carter Years.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hill and Wang
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0809015684
• ISBN 13: 9780809015689
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 292
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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