Explores why the United States pursues failed policies in Latin America. Reviewing official policy and its defenders and critics alike, this book focuses on the reasons for the failure of US policies and their disastrous significance for Latin America and the United States alike. Editor(s): Loveman, Brian. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 394 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JPS; JWK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 572. . 2006. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Addicted to Failure: U.S. Security Policy in Latin America and the Andean Region: U.S. Security Policy in Latin America and the Andean Region (Latin American Silhouettes)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication Date: 2006
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0742540987
ISBN 13: 9780742540989
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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This perceptive book critically explores why the United States continues to pursue failed policies in Latin America. Leading scholars explain how policies intended to promote the rule of law instead generate corruption and institutional crisis, why policies seeking to promote democratization and stabilization instead generate populist authoritarianism and destabilization, and why the war on drugs and the war on terror have neither reduced narcotics trafficking nor increased citizen security in the region. Reviewing official policy and its defenders and critics alike, this indispensable book focuses on the reasons for the failure of U.S. policies and their disastrous significance for both Latin America and the United States.

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Brian Loveman is professor of political science and the Fred J. Hansen Chair for Peace Studies at San Diego State University.

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