United States and Latin America

Jeffrey F. Taffet is Professor of History at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Dustin Walcher is Associate Professor of History and Political Science at Southern Oregon University.

• IntroductionChapter One: The Nineteenth Century ContextChapter Two: Boundaries, War and the CanalChapter Three: Interventions, Occupations and CommerceChapter Four: Cultural Encounters Chapter Five: Challenging the United StatesChapter Six: Depression and Global Conflict Chapter Seven: Renewed Intervention and RevolutionChapter Eight: Modernization and MilitarizationChapter Nine: Evolving Cultural ConnectionsChapter Ten: Latin American Nationalism and IndependenceChapter Eleven: Morality and Anti-CommunismChapter Twelve: The Washington Consensus and Beyond Chapter Thirteen: In a Globalized World

This excellent collection of documents is certain to become the most-used such reader around. Not only are the documents well chosen, the brief editorial introduction to each chapter puts it in historical context. At least half of the documents are Latin American, which is refreshing since often it is the reverse. Both students and experts in the field will benefit from this fine edited collection.- James Siekmeier is Associate Professor of History at West Virginia UniversityTaffet and Walcher strike a perfect balance between depth of analysis and efficiency of information. Their choices of primary sources are innovative and should spark engaging classroom discussions.- Renata Keller, University of Nevada, Reno and author of Mexico's Cold War: Cuba, the United States, and the Legacy of the Mexican Revolution.This superb collection of introductory chapters and documents provides a much-needed resource for any course on U.S. relations with Latin America. Brilliantly combining primary sources from both the United States and Latin American countries, the book will surely become an invaluable text for any student interested in this topic and will encourage a new generation of scholars to embrace the importance of international research. Bevan Sewell is Assistant Professor in American History at the University of Nottingham