American grand strategy for Latin America in the age of resentment
By: Gabriel Marcella.
Contributors: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
Series: Security issues in the Western Hemisphere
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Carlisle, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 65
ISBN-13: 9781584873105
Subjects: Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980-; Latin American -- Strategic aspects; Latin America -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Latin America
Description: A healthy Latin America is of critical value to the United States as a global power. It is besieged by a powerful force of resentment engendered by a combination of weak states, social exclusion, criminal violence, and corruption. In the context of attack by radical populism against democratic values, the United States needs a new grand strategy that addresses the causes rather than the symptoms of the malaise. The author argues that such a strategy must strengthen the effectiveness of the democratic state in providing security, justice, and governance, as well as effectively engender a linkage of the 40 percent of the population presently excluded from the social and economic benefits of democracy to the national and international economy. Unless current trends reverse, Latin American countries will be poor security partners and a continuing menace for international security. The author recommends imaginative courses of action for the grand strategy.
Notes: "September 2007."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-65).

Electronic version also available on the SSI website.
Table of contents: title: Latin America and American grand strategy; title: The culture of resentment in Latin America; title: The Andes: windows to the Latin American crisis; title: Frustration and backlash: l'etat c'est moi?; title: The state, neo-liberalism, and democracy; title: Colonial legacy and the two states of Latin America; title: War, state formation, and Latin American exceptionalism; title: American grand strategy for the 21st century.