Thomas C. Mann (eBook)

President Johnson, the Cold War, and the Restructuring of Latin American Foreign Policy

Thomas Tunstall Allcock (Autor)

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2018
294 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-7616-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Lyndon Johnson was often blamed for abandoning Kennedy's vision of development and progress in Latin America in favor of his own domestic concerns: anti-communism and economic stability. Johnson, along with his fellow Texan and chief adviser on inter-American affairs Thomas C. Mann, nonetheless offered a vision for American engagement with the developing world even as congressional funding and public enthusiasm for such programs waned and Johnson's presidency collapsed under the weight of the Vietnam War.This book explores Lyndon Johnson's Latin American policy, from his key advisers to development programs and military interventions, to establish a new perspective on the impact of a complex and controversial president on a tumultuous period in the history of the Western Hemisphere. Demonstrating that much of the negative coverage of their efforts emerged from disgruntled Kennedy loyalists, Tunstall Allcock argues that Johnson and Mann were both New Dealers who possessed a keen desire to operate as good neighbors and support Latin American development and regional integration while dealing with domestic pressure from both right and left.Based on extensive primary research in multiple archives, this much-needed book provides a crucial exploration of how inter-American relations transitioned from the enthusiasm and excitement of the Kennedy years to the neglect and frustration of the Nixon presidency.

Autor

Thomas Tunstall Allcock is lecturer in American history at the University of Manchester. He has published articles in journals including Diplomatic History and the Journal of Cold War Studies and contributed a chapter to US Presidential Elections and Foreign Policy: Candidates, Campaigns, and Global Politics from FDR to Bill Clinton.

Inhalt

Trade, Aid, and the Cold War in the Americas: Thomas Mann and Latin America
A New Deal for the New Frontier: From Kennedy to Johnson
The Good Neighbor Returns? Panama, Brazil, and the Alliance for Progress
No More Cubas: The Dominican Republic Intervention
New Alliances: The Post-Mann Era

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.12.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
• Zusatzinfo: 21 b&w halftones
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Alliance for Progress • Cold War • Fidel Castro • Foreign Affairs • foreign policy • inter-American • Interventionism • Juan Bosch • Modernization • Neocolonialism • Panama Canal Zone • Peace studies • reid cabral • Thomas C. Mann
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-7616-6 / 0813176166
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-7616-1 / 9780813176161