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Book Synopsiscoalition-building efforts.
Trade ReviewPolitical scientists will appreciate Darnton's well-aimed jibes at the major schools of international relations theory, and Latin America specialists will welcome his deft applications of cutting-edge theories to a region long underrepresented in political science scholarship. -- Richard Feinberg Foreign Affairs This qualitative study is a well-executed corrective to national security studies that overemphasize state and national interests, while devaluing the role domestic politics play in shaping foreign policy... The book is well written, and the language is accessible to professionals and upper-division undergraduate and graduate students. It is highly recommended for those interested in understanding the interplay between domestic politics and international relations. Choice
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
1. Explaining Rivalry and Rapprochement in Cold War Latin America
2. Parochial Interest and Policy Change
3. Antagonism and Anti-Communism in Argentine-Brazilian Relations
Perón and Dutra, 1947: Damn the Torpedoes
Frondizi and Quadros, 1961: The Spirit of Uruguaiana
Lanusse and Médici, 1972: General to General
Videla and Figueiredo, 1980: The Turning Point
4. The 1959 Cuban Revolution and Central American Rivalries
From Borders to Brotherhood: Nicaragua and Honduras
Persistent Conflicts: Costa Rica–Nicaragua and El Salvador–Honduras
5. The 1980s Debt Crisis and Andean Rivalries
Persistent Conflicts: Peru-Ecuador, Colombia-Venezuela, and Bolivia-Chile
From Crisis to Cooperation: Argentina and Chile
6. From the Cold War to the Global War on Terrorism
Alegeria and Morocco: Protracted Rivalry in the Maghreb
7. The Organizational Politics of Conflict Resolution
Notes
Index
