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Author Herman, Rebecca

Title Cooperating with the Colossus : a Social and Political History of US Military Bases in World War II Latin America
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (321 pages)
Contents Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 2nd Half-Title -- Maps -- Introduction -- 1. The Specter of Guantanamo -- 2. High Politics and Horse-Trading -- 3. Base Labor -- 4. Discrimination in the Canal Zone -- 5. Sex, Honor, and Moral Hygiene -- 6. Criminal Jurisdiction -- 7. Cooperation at the War's End -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Cooperating with the Colossus reconstructs the history of US military bases in World War II Latin America, from the perspectives of Latin American leaders and diplomats and the local communities that experienced these installations, as well as of US leadership and military
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Subject Military bases, American -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century
Military bases, American
Latin America
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780197531884
0197531881