The United States and the Caribbean : challenges of an asymetrical relationship /: challenges of an asymetrical relationship. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anthony P. Maingot.
• Authors: Maingot, Anthony P
• Contents: Cover -- Title -- Series preface -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The nature of complex interdependence -- Part I: The US enters the Caribbean -- Chapter 1 Geopolitics and racial destiny: 1823-1903 -- Chapter 2 Geopolitics and the perceived duties of the policeman: 1903-35 -- Chapter 3 Reinforcing perceptions: U-boats and fifth columns in World War II -- Part II: The Marxist challenge and US responses -- Chapter 4 From anti-Fascism to anti-communism: Costa Rica and British Guiana -- Chapter 5 The CIA unleashed: Containing communism in Guatemala and Cuba -- Chapter 6 The Caribbean plays the Cuban card: The US response -- Part III: Problems of the modern Caribbean -- Chapter 7 Threats to social and national security: The internationalization of corruption and violence -- Chapter 8 The 'offshore' development strategy: Is it for everyone? -- Chapter 9 Migration and development: All roads lead north -- Chapter 10 Haiti: Intractable problems, shifting commitments -- Conclusion: The challenges of sovereign consent in US-Caribbean relations -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: New York London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 1994
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 260 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 303.482729073; International relations; Caribbean Area -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Caribbean Area; Caribbean Area; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429964343
• Related ISBNs: 042996434X; 9780813322414; 9780813322414
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-254) and index.
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