Anthony Maingot

The United States And The Caribbean

Challenges Of An Asymmetrical Relationship

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Produktbeschreibung

An exploration of the interdependence between the Caribbean states and the USA. The book looks at their changing relationships throughout history. The author traces the history of these relationships form 1823 to the end of the Cold War and examines the US response to the Marxist challenge.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9780367319021
• ISBN-10: 0367319020
• Artikelnr.: 58069880

Autorenporträt

Anthony P. Maingot is professor of sociology at Florida International University and is the editor of Hemisphere, a magazine of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at FIU.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 The United States enters the Caribbean: geopolitics and racial destiny
1823
1903; geopolitics and the perceived duties of the policeman
1903
1935; reinforcing perceptions
u
boats and fifth columns in World War II. Part 2 The Marxist challenge and US responses: from anti
fascism to anti
communism
Costa Rica and British Guiana; the CIA unleashed
containing communism in Guatemala and Cuba; the Caribbean plays the Cuban card
the US response. Part 3 Problems of the modern Caribbean: threats to social and national security
the internationalization of corruption and violence; the "offshore" development strategy
is it for everyone?; migration and development
all roads lead north; Haiti
intractable problems, shifting commitments
challenges of sovereign consent in US
Caribbean relations.