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020			_a9781848132139 (hardback)
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050	1	4	_a100 F 1418 _bL788a 2009
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100	1		_aLivingstone, Grace.
245	1	0	_aAmerica's backyard : _bthe United States and Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to the War on Terror / _cGrace Livingstone.
260			_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bZed Books ; _aLondon : _bLatin America Bureau ; _aNew York, NY : _bDistributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, _cc2009.
300			_avii, 270 p. : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-256) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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.
520			_aThe 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.
651		0	_aLatin America _xForeign relations _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _zLatin America.
651		0	_aLatin America _xSocial conditions _y19th century.
651		0	_aLatin America _xSocial conditions _y20th century.
651		4	_aAmérica Latina _xRelaciones exteriores _zEstados Unidos.
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xRelaciones exteriores _zAmérica Latina.
651		4	_aAmérica Latina _xCondiciones sociales _ySiglo XIX.
651		4	_aAmérica Latina _xCondiciones sociales _ySiglo XX.
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