Talons of the Eagle: Dynamics of US-Latin American Relations - Tapa blanda

"A well-written, provocative exploration of the relationship between Latin America and the United States since independence....An excellent overview."--Library Journal"Peter H. Smith...has written a timely and valuable book that aptly recalls how Roosevelt's decade of the 1930s still stands out as 'a golden era of U.S. relations with Latin America.' He then expertly traces the decline of the region's importance since the Roosevelt era until it has become a mere appendage to the East-West conflict."--The Washington Post Book World "A well-written, provocative exploration of the relationship between Latin America and the United States since independence....An excellent overview."--Library Journal "Peter H. Smith...has written a timely and valuable book that aptly recalls how Roosevelt's decade of the 1930s still stands out as 'a golden era of U.S. relations with Latin America.' He then expertly traces the decline of the region's importance since the Roosevelt era until it has become a mere appendage to the East-West conflict."--The Washington Post Book World "A well-written, provocative exploration of the relationship between Latin America and the United States since independence....An excellent overview."--Library Journal "Peter H. Smith...has written a timely and valuable book that aptly recalls how Roosevelt's decade of the 1930s still stands out as 'a golden era of U.S. relations with Latin America.' He then expertly traces the decline of the region's importance since the Roosevelt era until it has become a mere appendage to the East-West conflict."--The Washington Post Book World "A well-written, provocative exploration of the relationship between Latin America and the United States since independence....An excellent overview."--Library Journal"Peter H. Smith...has written a timely and valuable book that aptly recalls how Roosevelt's decade of the 1930s still stands out as 'a golden era of U.S. relations with Latin America.' He then expertly traces the decline of the region's importance since the Roosevelt era until it has become a mereappendage to the East-West conflict."--The Washington Post Book World

Contrary to widespread expectation, the ending of the Cold War has not produced continuous harmony and cooperation in U.S.-Latin American relations. Instead, NAFTA seems to threaten as much as it promises; economic prospects have been shaken by the Mexican currency crisis; the "war on drugs" continues to escalate; and xenophobic reactions to the migration of Latin Americans into the United States, typified by California's Proposition 187, seize headlines and editorial pages. Spanning almost two hundred years, Talons of the Eagle tells the turbulent story of U.S.-Latin American relations from the birth of the United States and the new Latin American nations through the Cold War to the present day. Focusing not on U.S. policy alone, but on the intricate network of relationships between the United States and its neighbors, Peter H. Smith sheds penetrating new light on trends and events in the Americas.