No Higher Law: American Foreign Policy and the Western Hemisphere since 1776

by Brian Loveman

Book Overview

Dismantling the myths of United States isolationism and exceptionalism, No Higher Law is a sweeping history and analysis of American policy toward the Western Hemisphere and Latin America from independence to the present. From the nation's earliest days, argues Brian Loveman, U.S. leaders viewed and treated Latin America as a crucible in which to test foreign policy and from which to expand American global influence. Loveman demonstrates how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807872652
• ISBN13: 9780807872659
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"