Exiting The Whirlpool
Subtitle: U.s. Foreign Policy Toward Latin America And The Caribbean
By: Robert Pastor
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780429500664
Subjects: World politics; Politique mondiale
Description: "In this second edition of Exiting the Whirlpool, Pastor explores the continuities and the changes in U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America under Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. Whereas many foreign policy volumes neglect the role of Congress, Pastor devotes an entire chapter to explaining how it has shaped policy. Next, he looks at the recurring challenges that have often pulled the United States into the destructive whirlpool?how the United States has tried but often failed to manage succession crises, pre-empt or undermine revolutionaries, promote or manipulate elections, and encourage or neglect the region's economic development. Pastor offers a series of far-reaching policy recommendations for exiting the whirlpool and forging a hemispheric community of democracies within a free trade area. The first edition was widely acclaimed. The second is thoroughly updated, offering analyses and recommendations for addressing the contemporary democratic and security challenges facing the hemisphere."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Part, 1 The Quest for the National Interest  -- Robert A. Pastor; title: chapter 1 The Lessons and Legacy of Omar Torrijos  -- Robert A. Pastor; title: chapter 2 Whirlpool  -- Robert A. Pastor; title: chapter 3 The Carter Administration: A Test of Principle  -- Robert A. Pastor; title: chapter 4 The Reagan Administration: A Test of Strength  -- Robert A. Pastor; title: chapter 5 The Bush Administration: A Test of Pragmatism  -- Robert A. Pastor; title: chapter 6 The Clinton Administration: A Test of (Postwar) Politics  -- Robert A. Pastor; title: chapter 7 Interbranch Politics and the American Dialectic  -- Robert A. Pastor; title: part, 2 Recurring Problems  -- Robert A. Pastor; title: chapter 8 Succession Crises: The Boundaries of Influence  -- Robert A. Pastor; title: chapter 9 Revolutionary Regimes: Who Pushed First?  -- Robert A. Pastor; title: chapter 10 Promoting Development: The Marshall Plan Reflex  -- Robert A. Pastor; title: chapter 11 Promoting Democracy: Pushing on the Pendulum  -- Robert A. Pastor; title: part, 3 Exit  -- Robert A. Pastor; title: chapter 12 The Psychology of Inter-American Relations  -- Robert A. Pastor; title: chapter 13 The Redefinition of Sovereignty: The Nicaraguan Precedent and the Mexican Model  -- Robert A. Pastor; title: chapter 14 The Century of the Americas: A Community of Democracies -- Robert A. Pastor.