The original Bibliography of United States–Latin American Relations, published in 1968, contained approximately eleven thousand references to works on hemispheric relations and was a model of its kind, indispensable to specialists in both Latin American history and the history of United States foreign relations. The present supplement is thinner, but no less valuable. Its arrangement is identical in almost every detail to the original, and since each section contains cross-references to the first volume, the two can be used together easily.
Meyer has added many works published before 1965, but omitted from the first volume. For the most part, these are of secondary significance, which testifies to the thoroughness of the original editors. A few new categories of subjects have been added, of which the most important is undoubtedly “Dependency and Multinational Corporations.” The types of works cited are much the same as in the first volume: books, articles, government documents (both United States and Latin American), and—of special value—dissertations and pamphlets.
Nearly all titles are in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, but a few have been added in French, Japanese, Polish, Czech, and even Korean. A major shortcoming of the collection is that it contains none of the now considerable literature on United States-Latin American relations written in Russian, which would reflect the Soviet view of Pan-America. Surely the addition of representative selections would not have presented serious editorial problems or lengthened the book unduly. Nevertheless, this book’s appearance is most welcome, and Bibliography and Supplement should rest side by side on every hemispheric specialist’s bookshelf. In another decade, we shall look forward to a Further Supplement.
