Research Catalog

Title

Exiting the whirlpool : U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean / Robert A. Pastor.

Author

Pastor, Robert A.

Publication

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2001.

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Additional Authors

Pastor, Robert A.

Description

xvi, 334 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Latin America > Foreign relations > United States
• United States > Foreign relations > Latin America
• Caribbean Area > Foreign relations > United States
• United States > Foreign relations > Caribbean Area
• United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989
• United States > Foreign relations > 1989-1993
• United States > Foreign relations > 1993-2001

Note

• Rev. and expanded 2nd ed. of: Whirlpool. 1992.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Lessons and Legacy of Omar Torrijos. 2. Whirlpool -- pt. I. Quest for the National Interest. 3. Carter Administration: A Test of Principle. 4. Reagan Administration: A Test of Strength. 5. Bush Administration: A Test of Pragmatism. 6. Clinton Administration: A Test of (Postwar) Politics. 7. Interbranch Politics and the American Dialectic -- pt. II. Recurring Problems. 8. Succession Crises: The Boundaries of Influence. 9. Revolutionary Regimes: Who Pushed First? 10. Promoting Development: The Marshall Plan Reflex. 11. Promoting Democracy: Pushing on the Pendulum -- pt. III. Exit. 12. Psychology of Inter-American Relations. 13. Redefinition of Sovereignty: The Nicaraguan Precedent and the Mexican Model. 14. Century of the Americas: A Community of Democracies.

ISBN

0813338115 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00049529^

OCLC

• 45122738
• SCSB-10692904

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Harvard Library