Description
Book SynopsisA study of the basic tenets and ideologies behind America's policy towards Latin America during the Reagan-Bush administrations. Wiarda's insider account of this era serves as a link between the scholarly and policy-making communities. He supplements his analysis with various case studies.
Trade ReviewA wide-ranging set of studies by a recognized academic expert on Latin America who has an unusual understanding of the policy process, based on many years at an influential Washington think tank. It combines sophisticated and critical use of social science theory with a thorough knowledge of specifics. Ideal for use in advanced undergraduate and graduate classes. -- Paul E. Sigmund,Princeton University, author of Liberation Theology at the Crossroads and Multinationals in Latin America
Professor Wiarda's accumulated corpus of comment on the past decade of U.S.-Latin relations is a treasure, blessed with uncanny insight and a sense for the jugular vein of policy. He is at the top of the heap among this country's experts in his understanding of what the Western Hemisphere is all about. -- Williams D. Rogers,Former Assistant, Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs
