TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kenworthy,Eldon
TI  - America/ Americas: myth in the making of U.S. policy toward Latin America 
SN  - 0271014148 (cloth : alk. paper)
U1  - 327.7308 20
PY  - 1995///
CY  - University Park, Pa.
PB  - Pennsylvania State University Press
KW  - Reagan, Ronald
KW  - Arias Sánchez, Oscar
KW  - Persuasion (Rhetoric)
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Reasoning
KW  - Latin America
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - United States
KW  - 1981-1989
KW  - Central America
KW  - 1979-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-180) and index
N2  - "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
ER  -