| Contents |
Liberal Democrats and U.S. hemispheric and global leadership -- Liberal Democrats and Latin America: toward engagement -- Let us begin: the many fronts of John F. Kennedy's Latin American Cold War, part I -- The many fronts of John F. Kennedy's Latin American Cold War, part II -- Kennedy's unfinished legacy and intended and unintended consequences -- Let us continue: toward the Johnson alliance -- Robert Kennedy, Kennedy men, the Kennedy legacy, and the Johnson alliance -- The end of the alliance for progress and the origins of the human rights issue in U.S.-Latin American relations -- Jimmy Carter and human rights in South America -- The Carter administration in Central America and the Caribbean -- Liberal Democratic resistance and accommodation in the Reagan/Bush years -- Cold War legacies. |
| Abstract |
"Hemispheric foreign policy has waxed and waned since the Mexican War, and the Cold War presented both extraordinary promises and dangerous threats to U.S.-Latin American cooperation. In 'Hemispheric Alliances', Andrew J. Kirkendall examines the strengths and weaknesses of new models for U.S.-Latin American relations created by liberal Democrats who came to the fore during the Kennedy Administration and retained significant influence until the Reagan era. Rather than exerting ironfisted power in Latin America, liberal Democrats urged Washington to be a moral rather than a militaristic leader in hemispheric affairs"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781469668031 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2021046321 |
| ISBN | 9781469668000 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1469668009 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 9781469668017 paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1469668017 paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
