Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Time Line of Our Stories xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I Continental Consolidation and Conquest, 1776–1898
6. 1. The Black Spartacus Who Balanced Washington 7
7. 2. When Americans Loved Simón Bolívar 17
8. 3. La Doctrina Monroe 26
9. 4. Destiny Manifested 32
10. 5. A Lone Star Is Born 39
11. 6. A Wicked War 46
12. 7. California Conquest 56
13. 8. ¡Viva Grant! 63
14. Part II Empire to Amigos, 1898–1940s
15. 9. Yellow Fever 75
16. 10. TR’s Soft Talk and Big Stick 90
17. 11. Mr. Roosevelt’s Canal 97
18. 12. Imperial Idealism 107
19. 13. Hunting Sandino 117
20. 14. Sumner Welles Goes to Havana 129
21. 15. Nuestro Petróleo 136
22. 16. The Shadow War 142
23. Part III Hot Cold War, 1950–1991
24. 17. Mr. Kennan Goes to Latin America 149
25. 18. Getting Jacobo 159
26. 19. Containing Cuba: A Perfect Failure 168
27. 20. Washington and the Dominican Republic: Part One: Our S.O.B. 184
28. 21. Washington and the Dominican Republic: Part Two: Intervention 194
29. 22. A Very Brazilian Coup 205
30. 23. Killing Che 216
31. 24. What Really Happened in Chile? 225
32. 25. Guatemala’s “Scorched Communists” 235
33. 26. Nicaragua under the Sandinistas 244
34. 27. Why Invade Grenada? 259
35. 28. The Salvador Option 271
36. 29. Getting Rid of Pinochet 288
37. Part IV Post–Cold War, 1989–: Power and Agency in a Post-Hegemonic Hemisphere
38. 30. Invading Panama 297
39. 31. The Washington Consensus Goes South 314
40. 32. Haitian Tragedy: Act One: 327
41. 33. Haitian Tragedy: 333
42. 34. Haitian Tragedy: 340
43. 35. Supply Side: 346
44. 36. Supply Side: 355
45. 37. Supply Side: 365
46. 38. The (Almost) Coup in Caracas 374
47. 39. El Narco Mexicano: 385
48. 40. Washington–Havana Whiplash 398
49. 41. Poor Mexico: 406
50. 42. Exodus from the Northern Triangle 414
51. Conclusion 425
52. Acknowledgments 429
53. Bibliography 431
54. Index 463