The United States and the Caribbean: Challenges of an Asymmetrical Relationship

Anthony P. Maingot

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Caribbean history, culture, and politics International Relations in Latin America History and International Relations

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Part 1 The United States enters the Caribbean: geopolitics and racial destiny - 1823-1903 geopolitics and the perceived duties of the policeman - 1903-1935 reinforcing perceptions - u-boats and fifth columns in World War II. Part 2 The Marxist challenge and US responses: from anti-fascism to anti-communism - Costa Rica and British Guiana the CIA unleashed - containing communism in Guatemala and Cuba the Caribbean plays the Cuban card - the US response. Part 3 Problems of the modern Caribbean: threats to social and national security - the internationalization of corruption and violence the offshore development strategy - is it for everyone? migration and development - all roads lead north Haiti - intractable problems, shifting commitments - challenges of sovereign consent in US-Caribbean relations.

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