Luiz Alberto Moniz Bandeira is one of the best-known scholars of Brazilian foreign relations and probably the most respected scholar in that field since Jose Honorio Rodrigues. His 1978 classic, Presença dos Estados Unidos no Brasil (dois séculos de história), has been updated into a two-volume set. He has also written a history of the Cuban Revolution, one of the better single-volume histories of the João Goulart administration, and numerous other works. This latest book, covering the strategic triangle between Brazil, Argentina, and the United States, is destined to become a classic in its field.
In the United States, it is common academic practice to focus on U.S. relations with individual Latin American countries. While this is fruitful and perhaps logical, U.S. foreign policy, particularly in Latin America, is also based on regional factors. Moniz Bandeira recognizes this and, particularly in reference to the post-1985 world, realizes that the...
