In the Name of Democracy: U.S. Policy Toward Latin America in the Reagan YearsThis is the first comprehensive, even-handed examination of U.S. policy in Latin America during the Reagan era. Drawing on interviews with U.S. officials and his own perspective as a former State Department lawyer, Thomas Carothers sheds new light on the much-discussed U.S. involvements in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Panama and turns up varied and often unexpected findings in less-studied countries such as Bolivia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, and Chile. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1991. |
Contents
El Salvador | 12 |
Honduras | 47 |
Nicaragua and Grenada | 77 |
South America | 117 |
Chile Paraguay | 149 |
THE REDISCOVERY OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT | 196 |
CONCLUSIONS | 237 |
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