the United States and Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to the War on Terror Livingstone, Grace. creator text bibliography enk London New York London New York, NY Zed Books Latin America Bureau Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan c2009 2009 monographic eng

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vii, 270 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. 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. 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. Grace Livingstone. Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-256) and index. cl----- n-us--- Latin America Foreign relations United States United States Foreign relations Latin America Latin America Social conditions 19th century Latin America Social conditions 20th century América Latina Relaciones exteriores Estados Unidos Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores América Latina América Latina Condiciones sociales Siglo XIX América Latina Condiciones sociales Siglo XX 100 F 1418 L788a 2009 327.8073 9781848132139 (hardback) 1848132131 (hardback) 9781848132146 (pbk.) 184813214X (pbk.) 2009294731 UKM 090714 20230404125914.0 115869