America/Américas
Subtitle: myth in the making of U.S. policy toward Latin America
By: Eldon Kenworthy.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Reagan, Ronald -- Oratory.; Arias Sánchez, Oscar -- Oratory.; Persuasion (Rhetoric) -- Political aspects.; Reasoning.; Latin America -- Foreign relations -- United States.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Latin America.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989.; Central America -- Foreign relations -- 1979-
Other titles: Myth in the making of U.S. policy toward Latin America
Description: "Complex, sweeping, provocative interpretation of negative US cultural perceptions of Latin America and their influence on regional actions; argues that opinions rooted in myth of US exceptionalism and fear of extrahemispheric rivals, coupled with view of Latin Americans as culturally and politically inferior, results in both forceful and benign US paternalism"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-180) and index.