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Table of Contents Title Page.................................................................................................... 1 Copyright Acknowledgements............................................................................ 2 Dedication.................................................................................................... 3 Table of Contents........................................................................................... 4 Map.......................................................................................................... 5 Forward by Michael LaRosa .............................................................................. 6 Preface and Acknowledgements........................................................................... 11 Chapter One: Foundations and Perceptions............................................................ 14 Chapter Two: The European Enlightenment and the Birth of U.S.-Latin American Relations.. 24 Chapter Three: The Independence Movements in Spanish Latin America and Brazil............. 42 Chapter Four: The Monroe Doctrine, Manifest Destiny, and the Mexican War.................. 65 Chapter Five: Nineteenth Century U.S. Imperialism and the Spanish American War............ 101 Chapter Six: Gunboat Diplomacy, Panama, and The New World Policeman..................... . 133 Chapter Seven: The Great Depression, The Good Neighbor Policy, and World War II.......... 162 Chapter Eight: The Cold War, The Cuban Revolution, and the Cuban Missile Crisis......... 187 Chapter Nine: The End of Non-Intervention and the End of the Cold War...... ................ 212 Chapter Ten: Crossing the Threshold of a New Century............................................ 245 Brief Chronology of U.S.-Latin American Relations.............................................. 267 Bibliography................................................................................................ 271 Index........................................................................................................ 279
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Latin America -- Relations -- United States.
United States -- Relations -- Latin America.