Cooperating with the Colossus: A Social and Political History of Us Military Bases in World War II Latin America Herman Rebecca
Cooperating with the Colossus: A Social and Political History of Us Military Bases in World War II Latin America Herman Rebecca During the Second World War, the United States built over two hundred…
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Cooperating with the Colossus: A Social and Political History of Us Military Bases in World War II Latin America Herman Rebecca
During the Second World War, the United States built over two hundred defense installations on sovereign soil in Latin America in the name of cooperation in hemisphere defense. Despite widespread acclaim for Pan-American unity with the Allied cause, defense construction incited local conflicts that belied the wartime rhetoric of fraternity and equality.Cooperating with the Colossus reconstructs the history of US basing in World War II Latin America, from the elegant chambers of the American foreign ministries to the cantinas, courtrooms, plazas, and brothels surrounding US defense sites. Predictably, it proved to be a fraught affair.
Foregrounding the wartime experiences of Brazil, Cuba, andPanama, the book considers how Latin American leaders and diplomats used basing rights as bargaining chips to advance their nation-building agendas with US resources, while