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Venezuela and the United States Judith Ewell

Venezuela and the United States By Judith Ewell

Venezuela and the United States by Judith Ewell


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This text provides an historical analysis of the main themes and directions of US-Venezuelan relations from the early 1800s to the 1990s. Approaching the subject from both Venezuelan and US perspectives, the author examines the political, economic and cross-cultural dynamics of the two nations.

Venezuela and the United States Summary

Venezuela and the United States: From Monroe's Hemisphere to Petroleum's Empire by Judith Ewell

Long before sea power, the Panama Canal, and petroleum drew the world's attention to the Caribbean coast, United States leaders recognised Venezuela's potential as the linchpin of the Caribbean's southern rim. In Venezuela and the United States, Judith Ewell provides a historical analysis of the main themes and directions of U.S.-Venezuelan relations from the early 1800s, when Simon Bolivar declared an American Republican identity and Monroe proclaimed U.S. responsibility for the hemisphere to the present, when Venezuelan relations with the United States reflect the growing importance of the developing world and its multilateral challenges to U.S. global hegemony.

Authoritatively treating the political, economic, and cross-cultural dynamics of two nations, Ewell approaches her subject from both a Venezuelan and U.S. perspective. Her careful understanding of conflicting interests and purposes shows how other players, from Great Britain to OPEC, have affected the course of the nations' diplomatic relationship. Ewell demonstrates that Venezuela's two-hundred-year history with the United States reflects all of the key moments and issues in inter-American relations, from the Roosevelt and Olney Corollaries to the Monroe Doctrine, the Good Neighbour Policy, the Cold War, the North-South dialogues, the debt controversies, and the post-Cold War era.

Using popular literature, folklore, and travel accounts, Ewell examines how Venezuelans and yanquis have perceived each other over the years and relates how the strong U.S. presence in business and popular culture has created in Venezuelans feelings of both love and hatred for the American way of life. The author argues, however, that in a hemisphere clearly dominated by the U.S., a new international order has arisen, giving weak nations like Venezuela greater influence while creating a complex mosaic of alliances. A model history of binational relations, Venezuela and the United States.

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CIN0820317837G
9780820317830
0820317837
Venezuela and the United States: From Monroe's Hemisphere to Petroleum's Empire by Judith Ewell
Used - Good
Paperback
University of Georgia Press
1996-06-01
256
N/A
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