- Origins of United States-Latin American relations / Wesley P. Newton
- United States-Central American relations, 1824-1850 / Charles L. Stansifer
- Steps of considerable delicacy : early relations with Peru / Lawrence A. Clayton
- Impossible job, impossible man! : Thomas Sumter, Jr., and diplomatic relations between the United States and the Portuguese court in Brazil, 1809-1821 / Phil Brian Johnson and Robert Kim Stevens
- Initiating United States relations with Argentina / Paul Goodwin, Jr.
- The United States and Mexico, 1820-1850 / Edward H. Moseley
- Early United States recognition of Colombian independence and subsequent relations to 1830 / Eugene R. Huck
- Personnel diplomacy : the United States and Chile, 1812-1850 / T. Ray Shurbutt.
Relations between the United States and the countries of Latin America have been characterized by misunderstandings based on language and culture, a lack of sustained commitment on the part of the United States, and, in some cases, incompetent diplomats. During the era when many of the Latin Americal countries discarded the yoke of coloniala status, the young United States atempted to define itself culturally, economically, constitutionally, geographically and diplomatically. As Latin America emerged from the crucible of revolution and international power politics, it was affected by the United States and its desired position of leadership in the Western Hemisphere. In order to make sense of these relationships, this volume concentrates on Central America, Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile snd Mexico. Describing the particular paths taken by each in the formation of r elations with the United States, Shurbutt and his colleagues focus on the American diplomatic community and its effectiveness in tense political situations.
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