Images and Intervention

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This is an accurate and realistic study of U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America, one for well-informed students interested in U.S.-Latin American relations, and for students in classes on the subject. * <i>Perspectives on Political Science</i> * A very timely, clear-headed, and jargon-free analysis of the factors that contribute to U.S. intervention in Latin America . . . Her major contribution is to focus attention on the importance of the images policymakers hold of cultures and peoples, and how this influences their policy decisions and choice of policy instruments. . . . A valuable and indispensable book for our times. * <i>Foreign Affairs</i> * With great detail, Cottam takes the reader through the decision-making process from the perception of the threat, to the debate over alternative policies, the marshaling of resources, and, finally, the decision to intervene. * <i>The Annals of the American Academy of Political Science</i> *