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Article: Historical Dictionary of United States-Latin American Relations
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- October 1, 2007
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Historical Dictionary of United States-Latin American Relations. By Joseph Smith. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2007. Pp. xlvii, 277. Map. Appendices. Bibliography. $80.00 cloth.
This work is the third in a series of historical dictionaries of U.S. diplomacy published by Scarecrow Press. Joseph Smith is a reader in diplomatic history at Exeter University in England with specialties in U.S.-Latin American relations and the Cold War. This volume generally ignores U.S. relations with the Caribbean countries which will be covered by a later installment in the series.
The Introduction provides a general survey of U.S.-Latin American relations revolving around such topics as pan-Americanism, Dollar ...