Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-256) and index.
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Introduction -- The Monroe Doctrine to the Second World War -- The Cold War : the Guatemalan coup and the Cuban Revolution -- The Alliance for Progress -- The military governments of the 1970s -- Reagan and the Central American tragedy -- The end of the Cold War, 1989-2001 -- George W. Bush and the 'War on Terror' -- Why US drugs policy doesn't work -- Money, multinationals and misery -- Coca-Cola, cartoons and caricature -- Postscript -- Appendix A: US military interventions in Latin America in the twentieth century -- Appendix B: Latin American dictators who took training courses at the School of the Americas.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The United States has shaped Latin American history, condemning it to poverty and inequality by intervening to protect the rich and powerful. America's Backyard tells the story of that intervention. Using newly declassified documents, Grace Livingstone reveals the US role in the darkest periods of Latin American history, including Pinochet's coup in Chile, the Contra War in Nicaragua and the death squads in El Salvador.
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Title
America's backyard.
International Standard Book Number
9781848132139
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
University of South Alabama
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Lateinamerika
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Political Science.
Außenpolitik
Diplomatic relations.
Internationale Politik
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- General.
Social conditions
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Latin America, Foreign relations, United States.
Latin America, Social conditions, 19th century.
Latin America, Social conditions, 20th century.
United States, Foreign relations, Latin America.
Amérique latine, Etats-Unis, 19e s., 21e s. (début)