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Exiting the whirlpool : U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean
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Exiting the whirlpool : U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean / Robert A. Pastor.
ISBN
0786749091
9780786749096
0813338115
9780813338118
Edition
2nd ed.
Published
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2001.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 334 pages)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Includes errata slip.
Rev. and expanded 2nd ed. of: Whirlpool. 1992.
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
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Summary
In this second edition of Exiting the Whirlpool, Pastor explores the continuities and the changes in U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America under Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. Whereas many foreign policy volumes neglect the role of Congress, Pastor devotes an entire chapter to explaining how it has shaped policy. Next, he looks at the recurring challenges that have often pulled the United States into the destructive whirlpool?how the United States has tried but often failed to manage succession crises, pre-empt or undermine revolutionaries, promote or manipulate e.
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Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Print version: Pastor, Robert A. Exiting the whirlpool. 2nd ed. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2001
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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