This thoroughly revised and updated reader traces the relationship between the United States and Latin America from the early nineteenth century to the present. Methodologically interdisciplinary, yet comparative and historical, this collection will benefit all readers interested in the complex and ever-evolving "American" relationship.

Preface and Acknowledgments1. Introduction: Contentious Neighbors in the Western HemisphereMichael La Rosa and Frank O. MoraPart I: Disparate Perceptions: Expansionism Versus Arielism2.The Ango-Saxon and the World's FutureJosiah Strong3. Our AmericaJosé Martí4. Mark TwainPhilip Foner5. ArielJosé Enrique RodóPart II: The Monroe Doctrine and Origins of U.S. Expansionism6. The Monroe Doctrine, 1823-1826Dexter Perkins7. The Platt Amendment of 19018. The Real Monroe DoctrineElihu Root9. Autopsy of the Monroe Doctrine: The Strange Story of Inter-American RelationsGaston NervalPart III: From TR to FDR: Interventionism and the Good Neighbor Policy10. Leonard Wood and the White Man's BurdenLester D. Langley11. Development of the Panama Policy in the Caribbean and Central America (1902-1936)Samuel Flagg Bemis12. An Address to Congress on the Mexican Crisis (April 20, 1914)Woodrow Wilson13. The Making of the Good Neighbor PolicyBryce WoodPart IV: Cold War Arrives in Latin America14. The Impact of the Cold War on U.S.-Latin American Relations, 1945-1949Roger R. Trask15. Latin America as a Problem in U.S. Foreign PolicyGeorge Kennan16.The Hovering Giant: U.S. Responses to Revolutionary Change in Latin AmericaCole Blasier17.Did Eisenhower Push Castro into the Arms of the Soviets?Alan LuxenbergPart V: Conflicting Aims in U.S.-Latin American Relations: The Late 20th Century18.The Alliance That Lost Its Way: A Critical Report on the Alliance for ProgressJerome Levinson and Juan de Onis19.U.S.-Latin America Trade: Recent Trends and Policy IssuesJ. F. Hornbeck20. Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in the Americas: Major Trends in the 21st CenturyBruce BagleyPart VI: Contemporary Policy Trends in U.S.-Latin American Relations21. Post-Cold War U.S. Latin American Policy: The Clinton, Bush, and Obama AdministrationsFrank O. Mora22. Environmental Concerns Facing the U.S. and Mexico: An International PerspectiveMatthew C. LaFevor23. Waiting on Reform: A Brief History of U.S.-Latin American ImmigrationLance R. Ingwersen and Michael J. La RosaPart VII: Contemporary Cultural Trends: U.S.- Latin American Relations Enter the 21st Century24. Unfulfilled Promises: Mexico's Complicated Century of SoccerJoshua H. Nadel25. No Mere Backyard: Latin American Television from Dictatorship to DemocracyAndrew Paxman26. Safe Travels: Tourism and Security in Post-Insurgency PeruTeresa E. P. Delfin27. By Way of Conclusion: Neither Neighborly Nor Adversarial: An Evolving American RelationshipMichael J. LaRosa and Frank O.MoraSelected BibliographyCreditsIndexAbout the Contributors