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Cooperating with the Colossus: A Social and Political History of US Military Bases in World War II Latin America

By Rebecca Herman
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By Rebecca Herman
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During the Second World War, the United States built over two hundred defense installations on sovereign soil in Latin America in the name of cooperation in hemisphere defense. Predictably, it proved to be a fraught affair. Despite widespread acclaim for Pan-American unity with the Allied cause, defense construction incited local conflicts that belied the wartime rhetoric of fraternity and equality.

Cooperating with the Colossus reconstructs the history of US basing in World War II Latin Am...

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HistoryMilitary HistoryWorld War IIWorld War II - General & Miscellaneous