The Impossible Triangle - Mexico, Soviet Russia, and the United States in the 1920s

"The Impossible Triange" succeeds on many levels, but perhaps none more than in its innovative trilateral approach. The Mexico that emerges from Spenser's narrative is both object--of the unequal struggle for influence between the United States and the Soviet Union--and subject, capable of dealing with these two 'courtiers' on its own terms. This engagingly-told story reminds us of the radical contingencies thrown up by the Bolshevik Revolution and how that revolution permanently altered the conduct of international relations."--Lewis Siegelbaum, Michigan State University

List of contents

Foreword / Friedrich Katz ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction 1

Part One- The Encounter of Two Revolutions, 1917-1924

1 The United States in Search of Its Mexican Policy 9

2 Mexico in Soviet Calculations 32

3 Soviet Russia in Mexican Politics 51

Part Two- The Revolutions Arrive at Cross-Purposes, 1924-1927

4 The United States Challenges Mexico 75

5 The Soviets Misunderstand Their Meixcan Friend 95

6 Mexico at the Crossroads 113

Part Three- The Revolutions Collide, 1928-1930

7 The United States as Good Neighbor 133

8 The Ideological Excesses of the Comintern 152

9 The Break in relations between Mexico and the USSR 170

Final Reflections 191

Notes 195

Bibliography 231

Index 251

About the author

Daniela Spenser

Summary

Bringing together Mexican, Soviet, and North American (as well as British) perspectives, this book shows how the convergence of each country's domestic and foreign policies precluded them from a harmonious triangular relationship. It contributes to an understanding of the international dimension of the Mexican revolution.

Product details

• Authors: Daniela Spenser, Spenser, Daniela Spenser
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.02.1999
• EAN: 9780822322894
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2289-4
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 490 g
• Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions; American Encounters/Global Interactions; American Encounters/Global Int
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Diplomatie, Mexiko, Russland, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, UdSSR, Sowjetunion, Zwischen den Weltkriegen (1919 bis 1939 n. Chr.), Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen