United States Policy in Latin America

by Martz, John D.

• ISBN13: 9780803281899
• ISBN10: 0803281897
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

In 1988 the University of Nebraska Press publishedUnited States Policy in Latin America: A Quarter Century of Crisis and Challenge, 19611986, edited by John D. Martz. This completely new work retains the best features of that popular earlier volume. Thirteen experts survey U.S. policy for the past decade on topics of relevance to Latin America (such as trade, drugs, immigration, and armed insurrection). The development of a new, postCold War U.S. policy can also be observed. The broad focus on the events and people of the 1980s and 1990s addresses those issues likely to remain pertinent well into the twenty-first century. The Reagan recordthe man, the administration, the internal political wars, and the lack of coordinationis thoroughly explicated. The Bush administration, including the Panamanian intervention, is also analyzed. Bilateral relations are illuminated in the essays concerning Cuba, Mexico, and Brazil. Throughout, the writers look to the future to warn us not to dismiss the importance of these countries.

Author Biography

John D. Martz is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at The Pennsylvania State University. His works include Acción Democrática: Evolution of a Modern Political Party in Venezuela; Politics and Petroleum in Ecuador; and, with David Meyers, Venezuela: The Democratic Experience.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Reagan Administration: On Its Own Petard	p. 3
From Reagan to Bush: Continuity and Change in U.S. Latin American Policy	p. 25
The Grenada Invasion: Approaches to Understanding	p. 58
The Bush Administration and the Invasion of Panama: Explaining the Choice and Timing of the Military Option	p. 80
U.S.-Mexican Relations: The Challenge of NAFTA	p. 113
Brazil and the United States	p. 144
Central America and the United States: Cycles of Containment and Response	p. 184
Latin America, Cuba, and the United States: From the Eighties to the Nineties	p. 215
The Debt Crisis and Economic Development	p. 249
Policy toward Western Hemisphere Immigration and Human Rights	p. 272
Drug Control and U.S. Hegemony	p. 299
The United States and Latin America in the World	p. 320
The Championing of Democracy Abroad: Lessons from Latin America	p. 357
The Contributors	p. 387
Index	p. 391
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