Graham H. Stuart’s Latin America and the United States was not only the first textbook on United States-Latin American relations, but, from 1922 to about 1960 it was the only one. Beginning in 1926, at the University of Texas, the undersigned used the Stuart volume as a text for his course on our Latin American relations. He therefore can claim longtime acquaintance with the volume through its several editions. Now, twenty years since the publication of the fifth edition in 1955, a sixth is offered under the joint authorship of Dr. Stuart and Professor James L. Tigner of the University of Nevada.
The present volume, enlarged about 45 per cent, retains the structural plan of the earlier edition: the same number of chapters and identical titles. Also, most of the original textual content is retained, although with considerable elaboration for the sake of clarity, but not necessarily new interpretation. The materials covering developments from 1955 to 1973 are skillfully distributed among the several chapters. In sum, the volume makes no significant departure from the traditional interpretations of the earlier Stuart volumes. Notwithstanding, it should serve its purpose well as a text for courses covering our Latin American relations.
