Leaders, Leadership, and U. S. Policy in Latin America

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Because the governing framework in many Latin American countries is weak or unstable, the United States has often resorted to formulating and implementing policy based on its ability to deal with a wide array of national leaders, from military dictators to civilian politicians to Marxist revolutionaries. Leaders and leadership style are therefore important factors in U.S. perception of the region and in the development of policies that affect Latin American countries. In this book Michael Kryzanek examines the ...
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Because the governing framework in many Latin American countries is weak or unstable, the United States has often resorted to formulating and implementing policy based on its ability to deal with a wide array of national leaders, from military dictators to civilian politicians to Marxist revolutionaries. Leaders and leadership style are therefore important factors in U.S. perception of the region and in the development of policies that affect Latin American countries. In this book Michael Kryzanek examines the ways in which the critical interaction between individual leaders and the U.S. policy community affects the substance and direction of hemispheric relations. Throughout, the author uses case studies to illustrate how individual heads of state respond to the issues of drugs, debt, trade, and regional security. Such leaders as Salinas of Mexico, Gaviria of Colombia, Chamorro of Nicaragua, Endara of Panama, Cristiani of El Salvador, and Menem of Argentina are examined at close range to analyze their mode of operation and to assess their ability to attain national objectives in a region in which U.S. influence is substantial.
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Kryzanek examines how the critical interaction between individual leaders and the US policy community affects the substance and direction of hemisphere relations. Case studies of key figures such as Salinas, Gaviria, Chamorro, Endara, Christiana, and Menem analyze their position on issues of drugs, debt, trade, and regional security and assess their ability to attain national objectives. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780813379500
  • Publisher: Westview Press
  • Publication date: 3/17/1992
  • Pages: 249

Meet the Author

Michael Kryzanek is professor and chair of political science at Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts.

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Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction 1
1 Leaders and Leadership Types in Latin American History 13
The Conquistadors and the Viceroys 14
The Liberators 16
The Caudillos 19
Reformers and Modernizers 21
The Authoritarians 23
The Democrats 26
The Revolutionaries 29
Building on the Past 32
2 Latin American Leadership and U.S. Policy: The Pursuit of Interests 39
Protecting Our "Soft Underbelly" 41
Expanding Our Economic Horizons 44
Keeping "Good" Leaders in Power 48
Working to Destabilize "Bad" Leaders 52
The More Things Change . . . 55
3 Military Leadership in an Era of Democracy 61
The Latin American Military: Transformation or Holding Action 62
The Reluctant Military Managers 67
American Presidents and the New Military Managers 71
George Bush and the Latin American Military in the 1990s 78
4 The Politics of Civilian Leadership 89
Democratic Power-sharing 92
Democratic Populism 95
Democratic Caudilloism 101
U.S. Policy and Civilian Presidents 107
5 The Changing Face of Revolutionary Leadership 123
The Limits of Charisma 125
The Demise of the Revolutionary Model 128
The Subtle Effects of Time 132
Coping with Counterrevolution and Destabilization 136
Dealing with Revolutionaries: The U.S. Approach 138
6 Latin American Leaders: Dealing with Drugs 151
The Problem of Money 153
The Problem of Institutional Weakness 158
The Problem of Fear 161
The Problem of the United States 164
7 Latin American Leaders: Dealing with Debt and Development 171
Debt Forgiveness and Debt Survival 174
Defining Development in the 1990s 183
8 Latin American Leaders: Dealing with Intervention 195
Castro: The Ironies of Resisting Intervention 197
Noriega and Endara: Paying the Price of Intervention 200
Ortega and Chamorro: Role-playing and Intervention 202
Alfredo Cristiani and Company: Coping with Intervention 205
Barco and Gaviria: Cooperation and Intervention 208
Carlos Andres Perez: Dependency and Intervention 211
Final Observations 213
9 Evaluating Latin American Leaders: Achieving Success, Avoiding Failure 219
Recognizing the Dangers of Reform 220
Creating Confidence and Normality 222
Making Government Work 223
Creating a Favorable Image 225
The "Good" Political Leader 227
10 Leaders and the Future of U.S.-Latin American Relations 231
About the Book and Author 239
Index 241
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