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Book SynopsisA Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean presents a concise account of the full sweep of U.S. military invasions and interventions in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from 1800 up to the present day.
Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface viii
Acknowledgments x
List of Illustrations xi
Introduction: Topic and Themes 1
1 Expanding the Continental Republic, 1811–1897 10
2 The Cuban Crucible: Experiments in Overseas Empire, 1898–1922 34
3 Monopolizing the Central American Isthmus, 1903–1926 55
4 Wilsonian Interventions, 1913–1919 72
5 Accommodation and Resistance, 1917–1930 95
6 From Occupier to Good Neighbor, 1921–1936 115
7 Warding Off Global Ideologies, 1935–1954 133
8 Containing Revolution, 1959–1990 148
9 Identifying Post]Cold War Political Threats, 1986–2016 172
Conclusion: Multitudes of Interventions 194
Bibliography 202
Index 209
