Latin America

Latin America

Historians of John F. Kennedy's Latin American policies face a broad conundrum. Kennedy and his advisers pledged themselves, publicly and privately, to transforming hemispheric relationships. They promised to end the quasi‐imperialistic and heavy‐handed (though occasionally neglectful) policies...

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Published in:A Companion to John F. Kennedy pp. 307 - 327
Main Author: Taffet, Jeffrey F
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 27-05-2014
Subjects:
Adolf Berle Jr
Alfredo Stroessner
Alliance for Progress
Arturo Frondizi
Cheddi Jagan
Edwin Martin
João Goulart
Juan Bosch
modernization theory
Organization of American States
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Summary:Historians of John F. Kennedy's Latin American policies face a broad conundrum. Kennedy and his advisers pledged themselves, publicly and privately, to transforming hemispheric relationships. They promised to end the quasi‐imperialistic and heavy‐handed (though occasionally neglectful) policies that they believed marred the long history of US–Latin American relations. However, a consensus has emerged that Kennedy administration approaches were similar in intent to, and possibly even worse than, the regional domination of earlier administrations. The hope for a new kind of relationship between the United States and Latin America never really went away, but short‐term concerns, and a shortsighted vision about extant threats, drove Kennedy administration officials to try to micromanage Latin American politics.
ISBN:1444350366
9781444350364
DOI:10.1002/9781118608760.ch16