The United States and Latin America: The New Agenda
Victor Bulmer-Thomas and James Dunkerley (eds.) 1999
ISBN 0 674 92595 5 (hardcover) £24.95/$39.95
0 674 92596 3 (paperback) £15.50/$24.95
Published by the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of
London and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies,
Harvard University. Distributed by Harvard University Press.
Relations between the United States and Latin America have often been
fraught. During the Cold War, the United States was all too willing to
tolerate the existence of authoritarian regimes as part of its global
struggle against communism. With the end of the Cold War, the agenda for
US-Latin American relations has changed dramatically. Much of the
tension has disappeared, although new themes - such as drugs and
migration - have emerged that can cause serious difficulties.
This book, based on the work of scholars in the Americas and Europe,
examines the historical background to the current relationship from the 19th
century through to the end of the Cold War. The book then explores the new
themes that currently dominate the agenda. This includes hemispheric
integration, where negotiations are currently under way among all the
countries of the Americas (except Cuba) for the creation of a Free Trade
Area by the year 2005. This is followed by an examination of US
interpretation of, and support for, democracy, a subject on which the United
States was previously somewhat ambivalent.
In the second half of the book the more controversial issues are
examined. These include the international narcotics trade, where
unilateral US policies have often been the source of tensions. Another
theme is migration from Latin America into the United States. The book
also examines the complex relationship between the United States and
Cuba both during and after the Cold War.
CONTRIBUTORS: Victor Bulmer-Thomas, Rodolfo Cerdas Cruz, John H.
Coatsworth, Jorge I. Domínguez, James Dunkerley, E.V.K. FitzGerald,
Eduardo Gamarra, Elizabeth Joyce, Maxine Molyneux, Sheila Page, Jorge F.
Pérez-López, Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, Roberto Steiner, Juan Triana
Cordovi, Laurence Whitehead.
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