AMER BACKYARD
Beschreibung:
Using newly-declassified documents, Grace Livingstone reveals the U.S. role in the darkest periods of Latin American history including Pinochet's coup in Chile, the Contra War in Nicaragua and the death squads in El Salvador. She shows how the U.S. administration used the War on Terror as a new pretext for intervention and how it tried to destabilize leftwing governments and push back the 'pink tide' washing across the Americas. America's Backyard also has chapters on drugs, economy and culture. It explains why U.S. drug policy has caused widespread environmental damage, yet failed to reduce the supply of cocaine and looks at the U.S. economic stake in Latin America and the strategies of the big corporations. Today Latin Americans are demanding respect and an end to the Washington Consensus. Will the White House listen?
Part 1: The History of US Intervention in Latin America 1. Introductory Overview of US-Latin American Relations2. The Monroe Doctrine to Second World War 1823-19453. The Cold War: the Guatemalan coup and the Cuban Revolution 1945-19614. Alliance for Progress and the military governments of the 1960s5. Coup in Chile 19736. Reagan and the Central American Tragedy 1979-19967. The end of the Cold War: Bush to Clinton 1989-2001Part 2: The United States and Latin America Today 8. George Bush and the War on Terror9. Why US Drugs Policy Doesn't Work10. The Economy: Money, Multinationals and Misery11. Culture: Coca-Coca, Cartoons and Caricatures12. ConclusionNotes BibliographyIndex
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