03054cam a2200493 a 4500 128566 20230404125914.0 980429s1999 ncu b s001 0 eng 4979968 98023112 0807824615 (cloth : alk. paper) 080784764X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780807847640 (DLC) 98023112 DLC DLC DLC eng cl----- n-us--- 100 F 1418 R114m 1999 327.73098 Rabe, Stephen G. The most dangerous area in the world : John F. Kennedy confronts Communist revolution in Latin America / by Stephen G. Rabe. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1999. 257 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-246) and index. In March 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced the formation of the Alliance for Progress, a program dedicated to creating prosperous, socially just, democratic societies throughout Latin America. Over the next few years, the United States spent nearly $20 billion in pursuit of the Alliance's goals, but Latin American economies barely grew, Latin American societies remained inequitable, and sixteen extraconstitutional changes of government rocked the region. In this close, critical analysis, Stephen Rabe explains why Kennedy's grand plan for Latin America proved such a signal policy failure. Drawing on recently declassified materials, Rabe investigates the nature of Kennedy's intense anti-Communist crusade and explores the convictions that drove him to fight the Cold War throughout the Caribbean and Latin America--a region he repeatedly referred to as "the most dangerous area in the world." As Rabe acknowledges, Kennedy remains popular in the United States and Latin America, in part for the noble purposes behind the Alliance for Progress. But an unwavering determination to wage Cold War led Kennedy to compromise, even mutilate, those grand goals. Latin America Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations Latin America. United States Foreign relations 1961-1963. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Communism Latin America History. Counterinsurgency Latin America History. Alliance for Progress. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. América Latina Relaciones exteriores Estados Unidos. Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores América Latina. Comunismo Historia América Latina. Contrainsurgencia América Latina. Alianza para el Progreso. Book review (H-Net) http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b2e9-aa Book review (H-Net) http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=4683 lcc bk llh 7063 7063 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-04 1 0 100 F 1418 R114m 1999 00000121505 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk