Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps ix
4. Preface xi
5. 1 Encountering Latin America 1
6. 2 Acquiring Northern Mexico 14
7. 3 Struggling over Slavery in the Caribbean 39
8. 4 Ending an Era: Regional Hegemony over a Defective People 59
9. 5 Beginning a New Era: The Imperial Mentality 78
10. 6 Testing the Imperial Waters: Confronting Chile 91
11. 7 Excluding Great Britain: The Venezuela Boundary Dispute 107
12. 8 Establishing an Empire: Cuba and the War with Spain 125
13. 9 Creating a Country, Building a Canal 152
14. 10 Chastising Chronic Wrongdoing 176
15. 11 Providing Benevolent Supervision: Dollar Diplomacy 205
16. 12 Continuing to Help in the Most Practical Way Possible 220
17. 13 Removing the Marines, Installing the Puppets 253
18. 14 Establishing the Foundations of Honorable Intercourse 272
19. 15 Becoming a Good Neighbor 290
20. 16 Attacking Dictatorships 316
21. 17 Combatting Communism with Friendly Dictators 332
22. 18 Combatting Communism with Economic Development 349
23. 19 Two Centuries Later 367
24. Sources 389
25. Notes 395
26. Index 461