Tangled Destinies: Latin America and the United States

by Linda B. Hall, Don M. Coerver, Linda Biesele Hall

Book Overview

An imbalance of power and a sense of unresolved tension have long plagued relations between the United States and Latin America. This book offers an important new synthesis of that complex relationship by studying how actions and policies of the United States have been interpreted and played out in Latin America. Beginning with the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, the United States unilaterally asserted its right to protect the hemisphere against foreign...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826321178
• ISBN13: 9780826321176
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

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This book details the relationship between Latin America and the United states in recent history. Not only is this a very interesting tale of violence, money, and struggle, but it is a story that must never be forgotten. The struggle is still ongoing for Latin America to achieve stability and reverence. Coerver and Hall do an excellent job detaling all the important information and provide a remarkable and informative tail of a past that is not so far away.