Title: Leaders, leadership, and U.S. policy in Latin America
First published: 1992
Description: Because the governing framework in many Latin American countries is weak or unstable, the United States has often resorted to formulating and implementing policy based on its ability to deal with a wide array of national leaders, from military dictators to civilian politicians to Marxist revolutionaries. Leaders and leadership style are therefore important factors in U.S. perception of the region and in the development of policies that affect Latin American countries. In this book Michael Kryzanek examines the ways in which the critical interaction between individual leaders and the U.S. policy community affects the substance and direction of hemispheric relations. Throughout, the author uses case studies to illustrate how individual heads of state respond to the issues of drugs, debt, trade, and regional security. Such leaders as Salinas of Mexico, Gaviria of Colombia, Chamorro of Nicaragua, Endara of Panama, Cristiani of El Salvador, and Menem of Argentina are examined at close range to analyze their mode of operation and to assess their ability to attain national objectives in a region in which U.S. influence is substantial.
Subjects: Foreign relations, Political leadership, History, 20th century, United States, Latin America, United states, foreign relations, latin america, Latin america, foreign relations, United states, foreign relations, 1989-1993, POLITICAL SCIENCE, General, Diplomatic relations
Places: United States, Latin America
Time periods: 1989-, 20th century
LC classification: F1418 .K77 1992