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The Last Years of the Monroe Doctrine: 1945-1993
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The Last Years of the Monroe Doctrine: 1945-1993 Paperback - 1994

by Gaddis Smith


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When President Monroe issued his 1823 doctrine on U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere, it quickly became as sacred to Americans as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. But in the years after World War II - notably in Guatemala in 1954, in Brazil in 1963, in Chile in 1973, and in El Salvador in the 1980s - our government's policy of supporting repressive regimes in Central and South America hastened the death of the very doctrine that had been invoked to protect us in the Cold War, by associating its application with torture squads, murder, and the denial of the very democratic ideals the Monroe Doctrine was intended to protect. Gaddis Smith's measured but devastating account is essential reading for all those who care how the United States behaves in the world arena.

"This epilogue to well-known history of Monroe Doctrine is a provocative interpretation of how US presidents resolved policy contradiction of accepting Soviet presence in the Caribbean while reaffirming tenets of Monroe Doctrine"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

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When president James Monroe issued his 1823 doctrine that the United States would brook no foreign intervention in our hemisphere, it quickly became as sacred to Americans as the Declaration of independence and the Constitution. But in the years after World War II-notably in Guatemala in 1954, in Brazil in 1963, in Chile in 1973, and in El Salvador in the 1980s-the U.S. government's policy of supporting repressive regimes in Central and South America hastened the death of the protect.

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  • Title The Last Years of the Monroe Doctrine: 1945-1993
  • Author Gaddis Smith
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 280
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1994-07-01
  • ISBN 9780809015689 / 0809015684
  • Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.56 x 6.96 x 0.72 in (21.74 x 17.68 x 1.83 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Dewey Decimal Code 327.730

About the author

Gaddis Smith is Larned Professor of History at Yale University, where he has taught the history of American diplomacy and foreign policy since 1961. He is the author of numerous books, including Morality, Reason, and Power: American Diplomacy in the Carter Years.

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