Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
America/Américas: Myth in the Making of U.S. Policy Toward Latin America

America/Américas: Myth in the Making of U.S. Policy Toward Latin America

Kenworthy, Eldon

Paperback

PhilosophyGeneral Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 0271014156
ISBN13: 9780271014159
Publisher: Penn St Univ Pr
Published: Sep 15 1995
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.62 Width: 5.97 Depth: 8.95
Language: English

In a few short years, Latin America has passed from being a contentious issue in U.S. foreign policy, to one scarcely discussed, to a concern once again with the unrest in Mexico, Cuba, and Haiti. In this study Eldon Kenworthy explains how popular images and the language in which they are embedded affect the making of foreign policy in the United States toward its Latin American neighbors. In particular, the author looks at how the Reagan administration tried to sell its policy on Nicaragua to the American public at a critical juncture in 1986 when it had to contend with a Congressional prohibition of military aid to the Contra rebels. The advertising techniques employed provide a fascinating case study in the refurbishing of old myths for the manipulation of public opinion to support a political crusade.

Also in

Philosophy

View All