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Kissinger and Latin America: Intervention, Human Rights, and Diplomacy

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Availability:In StockContributor:Stephen G. RabeAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2020-06-15Pages:330
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9781501706295ISBN-10:1501706292UPC:9781501706295Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Human Rights, International RelationsBook Topic:DiplomacySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.411Product ID:SCQDYKYE7H

In Kissinger and Latin America, Stephen G. Rabe analyzes U.S. policies toward Latin America during a critical period of the Cold War. Except for the issue of Chile under Salvador Allende, historians have largely ignored inter-American relations during the presidencies of Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford. Rabe also offers a way of adding to and challenging the prevailing historiography on one of the most preeminent policymakers in the history of U.S. foreign relations. Scholarly studies on Henry Kissinger and his policies between 1969 and 1977 have tended to survey Kissinger's approach to the world, with an emphasis on initiatives toward the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China and the struggle to extricate the United States from the Vietnam conflict. Kissinger and Latin America offers something new--analyzing U.S. policies toward a distinct region of the world during Kissinger's career as national security adviser and secretary of state.

Rabe further challenges the notion that Henry Kissinger dismissed relations with the southern neighbors. The energetic Kissinger devoted more time and effort to Latin America than any of his predecessors--or successors--who served as the national security adviser or secretary of state during the Cold War era. He waged war against Salvador Allende and successfully destabilized a government in Bolivia. He resolved nettlesome issues with Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, and Venezuela. He launched critical initiatives with Panama and Cuba. Kissinger also bolstered and coddled murderous military dictators who trampled on basic human rights. South American military dictators whom Kissinger favored committed international terrorism in Europe and the Western Hemisphere.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9781501706295ISBN-10:1501706292UPC:9781501706295Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Human Rights, International RelationsBook Topic:DiplomacySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.411Product ID:SCQDYKYE7H

Stephen G. Rabe is Ashbel Smith Professor of History emeritus at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has written or edited twelve books, including The Killing Zone, John F. Kennedy, and U.S. Intervention in British Guiana.


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