The Truman Administration and Bolivia : Making the World Safe for Liberal Constitutional Oligarchy

Glenn J. (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) Dorn

ISBN 10: 0271050152 / ISBN 13: 9780271050157

Edité par Pennsylvania State University Press Dez 2011, 2011

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Neuware - 'Examines the interaction of the Truman administration in U.S. and five Bolivian governments in years leading up to Victor Paz Estenssoro's National Revolution, focusing on negotiations over the price of tin'--Provided by publisher.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9780271050157

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Truman Administration and Bolivia : Making the World Safe for Liberal Constitutional Oligarchy
• Éditeur: Pennsylvania State University Press Dez 2011
• Date de parution: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0271050152
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780271050157
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 245 L x 168 H x 25 P (en millimètres) 245 millimètres de largeur par 168 millimètres de hauteur par 25 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 530 grammes

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Synopsis

The United States emerged from World War II with generally good relations with the countries of Latin America and with the traditional Good Neighbor policy still largely intact. But it wasn't too long before various overarching strategic and ideological priorities began to undermine those good relations as the Cold War came to exert its grip on U.S. policy formation and implementation. In The Truman Administration and Bolivia, Glenn Dorn tells the story of how the Truman administration allowed its strategic concerns for cheap and ready access to a crucial mineral resource, tin, to take precedence over further developing a positive relationship with Bolivia. This ultimately led to the economic conflict that provided a major impetus for the resistance that culminated in the Revolution of 1952--the most important revolutionary event in Latin America since the Mexican Revolution of 1910. The emergence of another revolutionary movement in Bolivia early in the millennium under Evo Morales makes this study of its Cold War predecessor an illuminating and timely exploration of the recurrent tensions between U.S. efforts to establish and dominate a liberal capitalist world order and the counterefforts of Latin American countries like Bolivia to forge their own destinies in the shadow of the "colossus of the north."

À propos de l?auteur

Glenn J. Dorn is Professor of History at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.