During his first term, Eisenhower paid little attention to Latin America but his objective there was clear: to prevent communism from gaining a foothold. The Eisenhower administration was prepared to cooperate with authoritarian military regimes, but not to fund developmental aid or vigorously promote political democracy. Two events in the second administration convinced Eisenhower that he had underestimated the extent of popular unrest—and thus the potential for Communist inroads: the stoning of Vice-President Richard M. Nixon in Caracas and the radicalization of the Cuban Revolution. He then began to support trade agreements, soft loans, and more strident measures that led to CIA involvement in the Bay of Pigs invasion and plots to assassinate Fidel Castro and Rafael Trujillo. In portraying Eisenhower as a virulent anti-Communist and cold warrior, Rabe challenges the Eisenhower revisionists who view the president as a model of diplomatic restraint.
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Stephen Rabe's timely book examines President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Latin American policy and assesses the president's actions in light of recent "Eisenhower revisionism."
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Stephen G. Rabe is associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Dallas.
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An enjoyable read! This book is a must if you are interested in the 1954 CIA sponsored coup in Guatemala. Stephen Rabe rounds out the history from a clear U.S. Foreign Policy perspective, and adds depth to the history of this time. This book should be read along side Bitter Fruit and Shattered Hope for the most complete historical perspective.
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During the presidential campaign of 1952, Dwight Eisenhower deplored the state of inter-American relations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nonintervention principle, mutual security program, economic aid program, good neighbor policy, hemispheric defense, commodity agreements, foreign economic policy, covert program Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Latin America, President Eisenhower, State Department, Soviet Union, Dominican Republic, Secretary Dulles, South America, Export-Import Bank, United Fruit, Fidel Castro, Western Hemisphere, Castillo Armas, World War, Rafael Trujillo, Allen Dulles, Costa Rica, Milton Eisenhower, Monroe Doctrine, North Americans, President Arbenz, Social Progress Trust Fund, Secretary Herter, United Nations, Rio Conference, Central America New!
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During the presidential campaign of 1952, Dwight Eisenhower deplored the state of inter-American relations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nonintervention principle, mutual security program, economic aid program, good neighbor policy, hemispheric defense, commodity agreements, foreign economic policy, covert program Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Latin America, President Eisenhower, State Department, Soviet Union, Dominican Republic, Secretary Dulles, South America, Export-Import Bank, United Fruit, Fidel Castro, Western Hemisphere, Castillo Armas, World War, Rafael Trujillo, Allen Dulles, Costa Rica, Milton Eisenhower, Monroe Doctrine, North Americans, President Arbenz, Social Progress Trust Fund, Secretary Herter, United Nations, Rio Conference, Central America New!
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- Trade and Aid (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science) by Professor Burton Kaufman on 9 pages
- Cuba, Castro, and the United States by Philip Wilson Bonsal on 8 pages
- Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala by John H. Coatsworth on 7 pages
- Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Revised and Expanded (David Rockefeller Center Series on Latin American Studies) by Stephen Schlesinger on 7 pages
- SIX CRISES (Richard Nixon Library Editions) by Richard Nixon on 7 pages
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- Presidency of Eisenhower (American Presidency (Univ of Kansas Paperback)) by Chester J. Pach in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Exiting The Whirlpool: U.s. Foreign Policy Toward Latin America And The Caribbean, Revised And Expanded Edition by Robert Pastor on page 173, and page 239
- Incomplete Transition: Military Power and Democracy in Argentina by J. Patrice McSherry in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sino American Relations: Mutual Paranoia by Radha Sinha in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The United States and the Origins of the Cuban Revolution by Jules R. Benjamin on page 139, and Back Matter
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