...Lester D. Langley U. S. Policy Toward Economic Nationalism in Latin America, 1917–1929 . By Krenn Michael L. . Wilmington : Scholarly Resources , 1990 . Bibliography. Index . xxi , 169 pp. Cloth . $35.00 . United States Policy in Latin America: A Quarter Century of Crisis...

...Philip B. Taylor, Jr. Copyright 1961 by Duke University Press 1961 The Policy Machine. The Department of State and American Foreign Policy . By Elder Robert Ellsworth . Syracuse , 1960 . Syracuse University Press . Charts. Index . Pp. xi , 238 . $4.50 . ...

...: Commercial Policy and the State in Postindependence Peru . By Gootenberg Paul . Princeton : Princeton University Press , 1989 . Preface. Maps. Introduction. Appendixes. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. x , 234 . Cloth . $39.50 ...

...Stanford University External Constraints on Economic Policy in Brazil, 1889-1930 . By Fritsch Winston . Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press , 1988 . Tables. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xvi , 265 . Cloth . $49.95 . Copyright 1989 by Duke University...

...Sylvia Maxfield Industry, the State, and Public Policy in Mexico . By Story Dale . Austin : University of Texas Press , 1986 . Figures. Tables. Appendixes. Bibliography. Notes. Index . Pp. ix , 275 . Cloth . $30.00 . Copyright 1988 by Duke University Press 1988...

... is a textbook that, instead of overwhelming students with historical detail, aids their thinking about how U. S. policy toward Latin America has been and can be understood, justified, and criticized. The second edition of this widely used textbook updates the analysis from the first (1986) edition...

...Ralph Lee Woodward, Jr. U. S. Policy in Central America: The Endless Debate . By Moreno Dario . Miami : Florida International University Press , 1990 . Notes. Bibliography. Index. xi , 186 pp. Cloth . $26.95 . Copyright 1991 by Duke University Press 1991 Written...

...Dario Moreno The alliance between the aspirations of the Central American elites and the foreign policy goals of the United States was clearly at work during the cold war. Central America’s rulers were able to convince Washington that critics of the established order received orders from Moscow...

...Benjamin Keen A Hemisphere Apart: The Foundations of United States Policy Toward Latin America . By Johnson John J. . Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press , 1990 . Notes. Bibliography. Index . x , 271 pp. Cloth . $32.50 . Copyright 1992 by Duke University Press...

...Piero Gleijeses To Make a World Safe for Revolution: Cuba’s Foreign Policy . By Domínguez Jorge I. . Cambridge : Harvard University Press , 1989 . Copyright 1990 by Duke University Press 1990 In Cuba: Order and Revolution , Jorge Domínguez masterfully dissected...

... crisis and that any viable solution must come from within the region and have its origin in a genuine people’s movement. Copyright 1989 by Duke University Press 1989 The Poor and the Powerless: Economic Policy and Change in the Caribbean . By Thomas Clive Y. . New York : Monthly...

...Walter LaFeber United States Policy in Latin America: A Quarter Century of Crisis and Challenge, 1961-1986 . Edited by Martz John D. . Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press , 1988 . Notes. Tables. Index . Pp. xxi , 336 . Cloth . $28.95 . Copyright 1989 by Duke University...

...Robert Kern The Iberian-Latin American Connection: Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy . Edited by Wiarda Howard J. . Boulder : Westview Press , 1986 . Tables. Notes. Index . Pp. xiii , 482 . Paper. $33.50 . Copyright 1988 by Duke University Press 1988 Little has been...

... informed, and he directed the Latin American policy of the United States” (p. 174). His book tells a different story. The easy overthrow of Arbenz reinforced Eisenhower’s belief that Latin America was not just in his backyard but also in his backpocket. As Rabe himself demonstrates, Eisenhower’s attitude...

...Richard V. Salisbury Crisis in Central America: Regional Dynamics and United States Foreign Policy in the 1980s . Edited by Hamilton Nora . Boulder : Westview Press , 1988 . Maps. Notes. Tables. Index . Pp. 272 . Cloth . $32.50 . Copyright 1989 by Duke University Press 1989...

...Edward L. Cox Grenada and Soviet/Cuban Policy: Internal Crisis and U.S./OECS Intervention . Edited by Valenta Jiri and Ellison Herbert J. . Boulder : Westview Press , 1986 . Notes. Photographs. Figures. Tables. Appendixes. Index . Pp. 512 . Cloth . Copyright 1988 by Duke...

...Robert N. Pierce Imperialism, Media, and the Good Neighbor: New Deal Foreign Policy and United States Shortwave Broadcasting to Latin America . By Fejes Fred . Norwood, NJ : Ablex Publishing Corporation , 1986 . Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 190 . Cloth . Copyright 1988...

...Kevin J. Middlebrook Oil and Mexican Foreign Policy . By Grayson George W. . Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press , 1988 . Figures. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xiv , 207 . Cloth . $19.95 . Copyright 1989 by Duke University Press 1989 George...

... can be made of the collection. First, while moving beyond the description of “what is” and emphasizing analysis, the book still fails to draw general conclusions that address what should be done in the area of state policy as it affects rural women. The editors, Carmen Diana Deere and Magdalena León...

..., and then identifies himself as one who finds that U.S. policy produced imperialistic results without necessarily having been malicious in intent. Few leaders consciously sought an exploitative domination—either politically or economically—over Latin America. Nevertheless, the ethnocentrist assumption that what served...