Title Secret wars and secret policies in the Americas, 1842-1929 / Friedrich E. Schuler

Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 564 pages) : illustrations, map Contents [Pt.] I. Imperial powers turn ethnic people into a security threat (1860-1914). Before European and Japanese governments manipulated immigrants in the Americas -- Becoming useful : the first Japanese and German experiments with ethnic manipulations in the West -- Mexico discovers Japan as a potential strategic wedge against the United States -- [pt.] II. The secret warfare that established the benchmark for future Allied war fears (1910-18). The Mexican Revolution : the first complex Japanese policy in Latin America beyond diplomacy -- Four waves of secret warfare -- Japan's navy exploits the opportunities World War I offers -- President Carranza explores warfare against the United States : certainly not a victim -- The war breaks all certainties of imperialism : the Battle of Jutland and the collapse of Allied war financing -- The Zimmerman telegram and its aftermath : a research update -- Argentina's president Hipólito Irigoyen : personalist hispanista secret diplomacy -- [pt.] III. In expectation of failure of the League of Nations (1919-22). Venustiano Carranza and Japanese spies move next to ethnic businessmen and emigrants in Latin America (1919-22) -- Argentina imagines arming itself in the midst of more Japanese spying -- [pt.] IV. Not acting as U.S., British, and French political idealists had hoped (1922-24). Latin American diplomats assert a policy of armed peace -- Italian, German, and Japanese governments and Soviet communists resume manipulations of ethnic communities and workers in the Americas (1923) -- Spain's elites lay the foundations for a global Iberian commonwealth -- [pt.] V. Forging military connections for the transnational fascism of the 1930s (1925-28). Now that we can arm freely -- Primo de Rivera and Alfonso XIII exploit Germany's secret rearmament -- [pt.] VI. In place of an end : a sketch of the new round of secret activities Summary The intrigue and subterfuge revealed in this revisionist study add a fascinating new dimension to our understanding of transpacific and transatlantic politics following World War I Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 542-553) and index Notes Print version record Subject POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Diplomatic relations Regions & Countries - Americas. History & Archaeology. Latin America. SUBJECT Latin America -- Foreign relations -- 19th century Latin America -- Foreign relations -- 20th century Latin America -- Foreign relations -- Europe Europe -- Foreign relations -- Latin America Latin America -- Foreign relations -- Japan Japan -- Foreign relations -- Latin America Subject Europe Japan Latin America Form Electronic book LC no. 2010035385 ISBN 9780826344915 0826344917 1283636913 9781283636919 661394937X 9786613949370

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