Latin America Confronts the United States - Asymmetry and Influence

Using multinational sources, the book explores how Latin American leaders influenced US policy in the context of asymmetrical power relations.

List of contents

1. Asymmetry, influence, and US-Latin American relations; 2. Operação Pan-Americana: fighting poverty and fighting Communism; 3. Completing the nation: Omar Torrijos and the long quest for the Panama Canal; 4. A recalculation of interests: NAFTA and Mexican foreign policy; 5. An urgent opportunity: the birth of Plan Colombia; 6. Conclusions; References.

About the author

Tom Long is a lecturer at the University of Reading. He has been a visiting professor in International Relations at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas in Mexico City and previously taught at American University's School of International Service, where he completed his Ph.D. His research focuses on dynamics of asymmetry in international relations, particularly foreign policies of Latin American states vis-a-vis the United States. His work has been published in International Security, Diplomatic History, and Latin American Research Review, and has won prizes from the International Studies Association's Diplomatic Studies Section and the Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies.

Summary

Drawing on studies of foreign policy and international relations, the book explores how Latin American leaders influenced US policy in the context of asymmetrical power relations. It provides in-depth explorations of key moments in post-World War II inter-American relations challenging earlier, US-centric explanations of these momentous events.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Long, Tom (University of Reading) Long, Long Tom
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781107547056
• ISBN: 978-1-107-54705-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ethnic Studies, Society & social sciences, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, International Relations, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Politics & government, History of the Americas, Hispanic & Latino Studies