Encyclopedia Of U S Military Interventions In Latin America 2 Volumes

Author : Alan McPherson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1529 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216158493

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Encyclopedia of U.S. Military Interventions in Latin America [2 volumes] by Alan McPherson Pdf

This unique reference shows how the United States has intervened militarily, politically, and economically in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from the early 19th century to the present day. What do baseball, American war crimes, and a slice of watermelon have in common in the annals of Latin American history? Believe it or not, this disparate grouping reflects the cultural and historical remnants of America's military and political involvement in the region. As early as 1811, the United States began intervening in the affairs of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean ... and it hasn't stopped since. This compelling reference analyzes both the major interventions and minor conflicts stemming from our nation's military operations in these areas and examines the people, places, legislation, and strategies that contributed to these events. In addition to documented facts and figures, the alphabetically organized entries in Encyclopedia of U.S. Military Interventions in Latin America present fascinating anecdotes on the subject, including why the United States once invaded Panama over a slice of watermelon, how an intervention in Nicaragua landed our country on trial for war crimes, and how the popularity of baseball in Latin America is a direct result of American influence. Primary source documents and visual aids accompany the content.

Author : Alan L. McPherson
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781598842593

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Encyclopedia of U.S. Military Interventions in Latin America [2 Volumes] by Alan L. McPherson Pdf

This unique reference shows how the United States has intervened militarily, politically, and economically in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from the early 19th century to the present day. What do baseball, American war crimes, and a slice of watermelon have in common in the annals of Latin American history? Believe it or not, this disparate grouping reflects the cultural and historical remnants of America's military and political involvement in the region. As early as 1811, the United States began intervening in the affairs of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean ... and it hasn't stopped since. This compelling reference analyzes both the major interventions and minor conflicts stemming from our nation's military operations in these areas and examines the people, places, legislation, and strategies that contributed to these events. In addition to documented facts and figures, the alphabetically organized entries in Encyclopedia of U.S. Military Interventions in Latin America present fascinating anecdotes on the subject, including why the United States once invaded Panama over a slice of watermelon, how an intervention in Nicaragua landed our country on trial for war crimes, and how the popularity of baseball in Latin America is a direct result of American influence. Primary source documents and visual aids accompany the content. Covers all acts of involvement by the United States in Latin American affairs, including proxy wars, spying, and economic coercion Contributions from leading military experts and historians from across the globe Presents a timeline of significant events involving the region Includes important tables and charts for additional reinforcement

Author : Alan McPherson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781598842609

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Encyclopedia of U.S. Military Interventions in Latin America [2 volumes] by Alan McPherson Pdf

This unique reference shows how the United States has intervened militarily, politically, and economically in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from the early 19th century to the present day. What do baseball, American war crimes, and a slice of watermelon have in common in the annals of Latin American history? Believe it or not, this disparate grouping reflects the cultural and historical remnants of America's military and political involvement in the region. As early as 1811, the United States began intervening in the affairs of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean ... and it hasn't stopped since. This compelling reference analyzes both the major interventions and minor conflicts stemming from our nation's military operations in these areas and examines the people, places, legislation, and strategies that contributed to these events. In addition to documented facts and figures, the alphabetically organized entries in Encyclopedia of U.S. Military Interventions in Latin America present fascinating anecdotes on the subject, including why the United States once invaded Panama over a slice of watermelon, how an intervention in Nicaragua landed our country on trial for war crimes, and how the popularity of baseball in Latin America is a direct result of American influence. Primary source documents and visual aids accompany the content.

Author : Alan L. McPherson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Intervention (International law)
ISBN : LCCN:2012043074

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Encyclopedia of U.S. Military Interventions in Latin America: M-Z by Alan L. McPherson Pdf

Author : Alan L. McPherson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1785394673

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Encyclopedia of U.S. Military Interventions in Latin America: M-Z by Alan L. McPherson Pdf

This unique reference shows how the United States has intervened militarily, politically, and economically in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from the early 19th century to the present day.

Author : Gregory B. Weeks,Michael E. Allison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009205993

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U.S. and Latin American Relations by Gregory B. Weeks,Michael E. Allison Pdf

A textbook providing theoretical and historical analyses for understanding contemporary US-Latin American relations.

Author : Charles A. Kupchan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199393244

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Isolationism by Charles A. Kupchan Pdf

The first book to tell the full story of American isolationism, from the founding era through the Trump presidency. In his Farewell Address of 1796, President George Washington admonished the young nation "to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." Isolationism thereafter became one of the most influential political trends in American history. From the founding era until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States shunned strategic commitments abroad, making only brief detours during the Spanish-American War and World War I. Amid World War II and the Cold War, Americans abandoned isolationism; they tried to run the world rather than run away from it. But isolationism is making a comeback as Americans tire of foreign entanglement. In this definitive and magisterial analysis-the first book to tell the fascinating story of isolationism across the arc of American history-Charles Kupchan explores the enduring connection between the isolationist impulse and the American experience. He also refurbishes isolationism's reputation, arguing that it constituted dangerous delusion during the 1930s, but afforded the nation clear strategic advantages during its ascent. Kupchan traces isolationism's staying power to the ideology of American exceptionalism. Strategic detachment from the outside world was to protect the nation's unique experiment in liberty, which America would then share with others through the power of example. Since 1941, the United States has taken a much more interventionist approach to changing the world. But it has overreached, prompting Americans to rediscover the allure of nonentanglement and an America First foreign policy. The United States is hardly destined to return to isolationism, yet a strategic pullback is inevitable. Americans now need to find the middle ground between doing too much and doing too little.

Author : Barbara A. Tenenbaum,Georgette M. Dorn
Publisher : Charles Scribner's Sons
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0684192535

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Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture by Barbara A. Tenenbaum,Georgette M. Dorn Pdf

Strives to organize knowledge of the region. It contains nearly 5,300 separate articles. Most topics appear in English alphabetical order.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015087420959

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American Military History, Volume II by Anonim Pdf

From the Publisher: This latest edition of an official U.S. Government military history classic provides an authoritative historical survey of the organization and accomplishments of the United States Army. This scholarly yet readable book is designed to inculcate an awareness of our nation's military past and to demonstrate that the study of military history is an essential ingredient in leadership development. It is also an essential addition to any personal military history library.

Author : Gregory Moore
Publisher : Auerbach Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09
Category : Intelligence service
ISBN : 1439801843

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Encyclopedia of U.S. Intelligence by Gregory Moore Pdf

The first definitive work to chronicle the history, profile prominent figures, examine world-renowned agencies, and mark key events that have shaped the present U.S. intelligence landscape. With contributions from scholars, researchers, academics, and practicing professionals, it explores issues that reflect the public interest about American intelligence at every level from the public to the private sector.

Author : Steven L. Danver
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 825 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781452276069

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Encyclopedia of Politics of the American West by Steven L. Danver Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Politics in the American West is an A to Z reference work on the political development of one of America’s most politically distinct, not to mention its fastest growing, region. This work will cover not only the significant events and actors of Western politics, but also deal with key institutional, historical, environmental, and sociopolitical themes and concepts that are important to more fully understanding the politics of the West over the last century.

Author : Carl C. Hodge
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39076002788763

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Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800-1914 by Carl C. Hodge Pdf

In 1800, Europeans governed about one-third of the world's land surface; by the start of World War I in 1914, Europeans had imposed some form of political or economic ascendancy on over 80 percent of the globe. The basic structure of global and European politics in the twentieth century was fashioned in the previous century out of the clash of competing imperial interests and the effects, both beneficial and harmful, of the imperial powers on the societies they dominated. This encyclopedia offers current, detailed information on the major world powers and their global empires, as well as on the people, events, ideas, and movements, both European and non-European, that shaped the Age of Imperialism. Besides over 800 clearly written and highly informative entries, the encyclopedia includes primary documents, a chronology, and extensive introductory essay, a bibliography, a guide to related topics, and a series of useful maps.

Author : Army Center of Military History
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1944961402

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American Military History Volume 1 by Army Center of Military History Pdf

American Military History provides the United States Army-in particular, its young officers, NCOs, and cadets-with a comprehensive but brief account of its past. The Center of Military History first published this work in 1956 as a textbook for senior ROTC courses. Since then it has gone through a number of updates and revisions, but the primary intent has remained the same. Support for military history education has always been a principal mission of the Center, and this new edition of an invaluable history furthers that purpose. The history of an active organization tends to expand rapidly as the organization grows larger and more complex. The period since the Vietnam War, at which point the most recent edition ended, has been a significant one for the Army, a busy period of expanding roles and missions and of fundamental organizational changes. In particular, the explosion of missions and deployments since 11 September 2001 has necessitated the creation of additional, open-ended chapters in the story of the U.S. Army in action. This first volume covers the Army's history from its birth in 1775 to the eve of World War I. By 1917, the United States was already a world power. The Army had sent large expeditionary forces beyond the American hemisphere, and at the beginning of the new century Secretary of War Elihu Root had proposed changes and reforms that within a generation would shape the Army of the future. But world war-global war-was still to come. The second volume of this new edition will take up that story and extend it into the twenty-first century and the early years of the war on terrorism and includes an analysis of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq up to January 2009.

Author : D. H. Figueredo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120995217

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Encyclopedia of Caribbean Literature by D. H. Figueredo Pdf

Details the lives and works of Caribbean authors in the context of Caribbean history and culture. This encyclopedia includes more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries written by more than 20 expert contributors. These entries cover authors, works, genres, historical and cultural figures, themes, and various topics.

Author : Spencer Tucker
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124114419

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The Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars by Spencer Tucker Pdf

A comprehensive overview of the wars that saw the United States emerge as a world power; one that had immense implications for America, especially in Latin America and Asia. ABC-CLIO, acclaimed publisher of superior references on the United States at war, revisits a pivotal moment in America's coming-of-age with The Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History. Again under the direction of renowned scholar Spencer Tucker, the encyclopedia covers the conflict between the United States and Spain with a depth and breadth no other reference works can match. The encyclopedia offers two complete volumes of alphabetically organized entries written by some of the world's foremost historians, covering everything from the course of the wars to relevant economic, social, and cultural matters in the United States, Spain, and other nations. Featuring a separate volume of primary-source documents and a wealth of images and maps, the encyclopedia portrays the day-to-day drama and lasting legacy of the war like never before, guiding readers through a seminal event in America's transition from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era.