America/ Americas :
Kenworthy, Eldon, 1935-
America/ Americas : myth in the making of U.S. policy toward Latin America / Eldon Kenworthy. - University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1995. - xvi, 189 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-180) and index.
"Complex, sweeping, provocative interpretation of negative US cultural perceptions of Latin America and their influence on regional actions; argues that opinions rooted in myth of US exceptionalism and fear of extrahemispheric rivals, coupled with view of Latin Americans as culturally and politically inferior, results in both forceful and benign US paternalism"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
0271014148 (cloth : alk. paper) 0271014156 (paper : alk. paper)
Reagan, Ronald--Oratory.
Arias Sánchez, Oscar--Oratory.
Persuasion (Rhetoric)--Political aspects.
Reasoning.
Latin America--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.
United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989.
Central America--Foreign relations--1979-
327.7308 / KEN
America/ Americas : myth in the making of U.S. policy toward Latin America / Eldon Kenworthy. - University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1995. - xvi, 189 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-180) and index.
"Complex, sweeping, provocative interpretation of negative US cultural perceptions of Latin America and their influence on regional actions; argues that opinions rooted in myth of US exceptionalism and fear of extrahemispheric rivals, coupled with view of Latin Americans as culturally and politically inferior, results in both forceful and benign US paternalism"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
0271014148 (cloth : alk. paper) 0271014156 (paper : alk. paper)
Reagan, Ronald--Oratory.
Arias Sánchez, Oscar--Oratory.
Persuasion (Rhetoric)--Political aspects.
Reasoning.
Latin America--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.
United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989.
Central America--Foreign relations--1979-
327.7308 / KEN