Kissinger and Latin America : : Intervention, Human Rights, and Diplomacy / / Stephen G. Rabe.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Rabe, Stephen G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (330 p.) :; 15 b&w halftones

In Kissinger and Latin America, Stephen G. Rabe analyzes US policies toward Latin America during a critical period of the Cold War. Except for the issue of Chile under Salvador Allende, historians have largely ignored inter-American relations during the presidencies of Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford. Rabe also offers a way of adding to and challenging the prevailing historiography on one of the most preeminent policymakers in the history of US foreign relations. Scholarly studies on Henry Kissinger and his policies between 1969 and 1977 have tended to survey Kissinger's approach to the world, with an emphasis on initiatives toward the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China and the struggle to extricate the United States from the Vietnam conflict. Kissinger and Latin America offers something new, analyzing US policies toward a distinct region of the world, during Kissinger's career as national security advisor and secretary of state.Rabe further challenges the notion that Henry Kissinger dismissed relations with the southern neighbors. The energetic Kissinger devoted more time and effort to Latin America than any of his predecessors or successors who served as national security advisor or secretary of state during the Cold War era. He waged war against Salvador Allende and successfully destabilized a government in Bolivia. He resolved nettlesome issues with Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, and Venezuela. He launched critical initiatives with Panama and Cuba. Kissinger also bolstered and coddled murderous military dictators who trampled on basic human rights. South American military dictators who Kissinger favored committed international terrorism in Europe and the Western Hemisphere.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Case for Henry Kissinger and Latin America -- 1. Getting Started: A Year of Study -- 2. Overthrowing Governments: Chile and Bolivia -- 3. Kissinger and Friends: Paraguay, Brazil, and Uruguay -- 4. Mass Murder and International Assassination: Argentina and Chile -- 5. Kissinger and Central America: Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama -- 6. Diplomatic Solutions: Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, and Venezuela -- 7. Failed Initiatives: The New Dialogue, Cuba -- Conclusion: The Judgment on Henry Kissinger in Latin America -- Notes -- Primary Sources -- Index