@article{1478592,
      author = {McPherson, Alan L., },
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478592},
      title = {Yankee No! : Anti-Americanism in U.S.-Latin American  Relations /},
      abstract = {In 1958, angry Venezuelans attacked Vice President Richard  Nixon in Caracas, opening a turbulent decade in Latin  American-U.S. relations. In Yankee No! Alan McPherson sheds  much-needed light on the controversial and pressing problem  of anti-U.S. sentiment in the world. Examining the roots of  anti-Americanism in Latin America, McPherson focuses on  three major crises: the Cuban Revolution, the 1964 Panama  riots, and U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic.  Deftly combining cultural and political analysis, he  demonstrates the shifting and complex nature of  anti-Americanism in each country and the love-hate  ambivalence of most Latin Americans toward the United  States. When rising panic over "Yankee hating" led  Washington to try to contain foreign hostility, the  government displayed a surprisingly coherent and consistent  response, maintaining an ideological self-confidence that  has outlasted a Latin American diplomacy torn between  resentment and admiration of the United States. However,  McPherson warns, U.S. leaders run a great risk if they  continue to ignore the deeper causes of anti-Americanism.  Written with dramatic flair, Yankee No! is a timely,  compelling, and carefully researched contribution to  international history. Table of Contents:  IntroductionAnti-Americanism as Historical Problem 1. The  Road to CaracasOr, Richard Nixon Must Get Stoned 2. Cuba,  1959Revolutionary Anti-Americanism and U.S. Panic 3.  Panama, 1964Conservative Anti-Americanism and U.S.  Pragmatism 4. Dominican Republic, 1965Episodic  Anti-Americanism and U.S. Containment EpilogueToward Global  Anti-Americanism Abbreviations Notes Selected Sources  Acknowledgments Index Reviews of this book: McPherson  examines the years from 1958 to 1966, when anti-Americanism  was a prominent theme in inter-American diplomacy, to  deliver a helpful reminder that anti-Americanism is not a  new phenomenon nor a product only of the Middle East--and  that it has been confronted quite effectively in the past,  at least when its sources were sought out and taken  seriously. He provides several vivid case studies, starting  with the attacks on Vice President Richard Nixon in Caracas  and continuing on to Cuba, Panama, and the Dominican  Republic. Together, these examples show the variability and  ambivalence of anti-Americanism; they also emphasize the  importance of U.S. policies that respond to its challenges  rather than dismissing it as a cynical invention of  alienated elites.This well-written and balanced book should  be required reading in the White House, in Langley, and  around Foggy Bottom.--Foreign AffairsAlan McPherson has not  only made a valuable contribution to the literature on  U.S.-Latin American relations but, more importantly, he has  provided a superb analysis of anti-Americanism by  identifying its variability, its ambivalence, and the U.S.  resilience in confronting the challenge during the critical  years framed in this book. In his sophistication and in his  writing he demonstrates all the attributes of a seasoned  historian.--Lester D. Langley, author of The Americas in  the Modern AgeMcPherson expertly extends the field of U.S.  foreign relations into social and cultural history. In his  analysis of U.S. relations with Cuba, the Dominican  Republic, and Panama, he deftly avoids the trap of writing  international history solely with the 'view from  Washington' perspective. I unequivocally recommend  it.--Stephen Rabe, author of Eisenhower and Latin  AmericaThis timely, deeply researched, analytically  rigorous, and handsomely written study probes the many  anti-Americanisms that have bedeviled U.S. relations with  Latin America. Why do they hate us?' is an urgent question  today. McPherson impressively demonstrates that it has  profound historical roots that can inform caring policymak},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674040885},
      recid = {1478592},
      pages = {1 online resource (267 p.)},
}