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U.S. Presidents and Latin American Interventions: Pursuing Regime Change in the Cold War
Michael Grow
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Paperback. Reveals how Cold War U.S. presidents intervened in Latin America not, as the official argument stated, to protect economic interests or war off perceived national security threats, but rather as a way of responding to questions about strength and credibility both globally and at home. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; HBJK; HBLW; JPHC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Lyndon Johnson invaded the Dominican Republic. Richard Nixon sponsored a coup attempt in Chile. Ronald Reagan waged covert warfare in Nicaragua. Nearly a dozen times during the Cold War, American presidents turned their attention from standoffs with the Soviet Union to intervene in Latin American affairs. In each instance, it was declared that the security of the United States was at stake—but, as Michael Grow demonstrates, these actions had more to do with flexing presidential muscle than responding to imminent danger.
From Eisenhower’s toppling of Arbenz in Guatemala in 1954 to Bush’s overthrow of Noriega in Panama in ... Read more
Lyndon Johnson invaded the Dominican Republic. Richard Nixon sponsored a coup attempt in Chile. Ronald Reagan waged covert warfare in Nicaragua. Nearly a dozen times during the Cold War, American presidents turned their attention from standoffs with the Soviet Union to intervene in Latin American affairs. In each instance, it was declared that the security of the United States was at stake—but, as Michael Grow demonstrates, these actions had more to do with flexing presidential muscle than responding to imminent danger.
From Eisenhower’s toppling of Arbenz in Guatemala in 1954 to Bush’s overthrow of Noriega in Panama in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700618880
SKU
V9780700618880
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