The United States and Latin America after the Cold War

The United States and Latin America after the Cold War looks at the almost quarter-century of relations between the United States and Latin America since the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. An academic and recent high-level U.S. policymaker Crandall argues that any lasting analysis must be viewed through a fresh framework that allows for the often unexpected episodes and outcomes in U.S.Latin American relations. Crandalls book examines the policies of three postCold War presidential administrations (Bush Sr. Clinton and Bush Jr.) through the prism of three critical areas: democracy economics and security. Crandall then introduces several case studies of U.S. policy in Latin America such as Cuba Brazil interventions in Haiti Colombia Hugo Chavezs Venezuela Mexico and Argentinas financial meltdown.