Latin America and the Transformation of U.S. Strategic Thought, 1936-1940
This well-researched monograph argues convincingly that American leaders feared that a Nazi victory in Europe would threaten United States security in Latin America. More than any other factor this fear undermined the isolationist posture. This is a useful corrective to historical accounts of the Second World War written as if Latin America did not exist.
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