The Most Dangerous Area in the World

John F. Kennedy Confronts Communist Revolution in Latin America

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Stephen G Rabe

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In March 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced the formation of the Alliance for Progress, a programme dedicated to creating prosperous, socially-just, democratic societies throughout Latin America. Despite spending $20 billion in pursuit of the Alliance's goals, Latin American economies barely grew, Latin American societies remained inequitable, and 16 extra-constitutional changes of government rocked the region. In this analysis, the author aims to explain why Kennedy's grand plan for Latin America proved to be such a policy failure. He investigates the nature of Kennedy's intense anti-Communist crusade and explores the convictions that drove him to fight the Cold War throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, a region he repeatedly referred to as ""the most dangerous area in the world"".

Author Biography:

STEPHEN G. RABE is professor of history at the University of Texas at Dallas and author or coauthor of several books, including The Most Dangerous Area in the World: John F. Kennedy Confronts Communist Revolution in Latin America.

Release date Australia

February 28th, 1999

Author

Stephen G Rabe

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Edition

New edition

Pages

272

Dimensions

145x235x19

ISBN-13

9780807847640

Product ID

3397160

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