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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465593003321

Autore

Crawley Andrew

Titolo

Somoza and Roosevelt [[electronic resource] ] : good neighbour diplomacy in Nicaragua, 1933-1945 / / Andrew Crawley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-16100-4

9786611161002

0-19-152652-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Oxford historical monographs

Disciplina

327.730728509/043

Soggetti

International relations

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations Nicaragua

Nicaragua Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 1933-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-283) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Becoming Good Neighbours; 2. Good Neighbour Diplomacy and Somoza's Rise to Power, 1934-1935; 3. Good Neighbour Economics in Nicaragua, 1933-1936; 4. A New Neighbour Takes Charge, 1935-1936; 5. Good Neighbour Diplomacy and Somoza's Retention of Power, 1937-1939; 6. The United States, Nicaragua, and World War II, 1939-1941; 7. The Good Neighbours at War, 1942-1944; 8. Becoming Bad Neighbours; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Andrew Crawley examines US non-intervention in another country's affairs, and how it could be detrimental both to the United States and to the country in question - in this case, Nicaragua. He analyses the relations between the United States and Nicaragua during the Depression and the Second World War - the period of Franklin Roosevelt's good neighbour policy- and challenges theories about the role of the United States in the creation and consolidation of one of Latin America's most enduring authoritarian regimes. - ;Franklin Roosevelt's good neighbour policy, coming in the wake of decades of