Britain And The Growth Of US Hegemony In Twentieth-Century Latin America: Competition, Cooperation And Coexistence

✍ Scribed by Thomas C. Mills, Rory M. Miller

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 323
• Series: Britain And The World
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book explores the role of Great Britain in twentieth-century Latin America, a period dominated by the growing political and economic influence of the United States. Focusing on three broad themes—war and conflict; commercial and business rivalries; and responses to economic nationalism, revolution, and political change—the individual chapters cover a number of countries and issues from 1914 to 1970, stressing the reluctance with which Britain ceded hegemony in the region. An epilogue focuses on Anglo-American relations and concerns in Latin America in the more recent past. The chapters, all written by leading scholars on their particular subjects, are based on original research in a wide variety of archives, going beyond the standard Foreign Office and State Department sources to which most earlier scholars were confined.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Notes on Contributors......Page 11
Introduction......Page 15
The ‘Entangled History’ of Britain and the United States in Latin America......Page 22
Interpreting the Past: The Historiography......Page 33
The Contribution of This Volume......Page 38
Part I: War and Conflict......Page 46
Introduction......Page 47
The Relationship Before 1914......Page 50
August 1914–April 1917: The Period of (Pan-)American Neutrality......Page 52
April 1917–November 1918: Associating with the Allied War?......Page 56
Conclusion......Page 65
Introduction......Page 67
The Emergence of Rivalry......Page 74
The Limits of Cooperation......Page 79
Taking a Stand......Page 86
Conclusion......Page 91
Introduction......Page 93
A Mexican Prelude......Page 94
Applying Lessons Learned......Page 98
Granting Concessions......Page 106
Conclusion......Page 112
Part II: Trade and Commerce......Page 114
Introduction......Page 115
Composition of the Mission and Diplomatic Strategies......Page 117
Context to the Work of the Mission......Page 120
Anglo-Argentine Commercial Relations......Page 123
Yrigoyen and D’Abernon......Page 125
British Diplomatic Thinking......Page 126
Robertson’s Dilemma......Page 129
Anglo-American Relations......Page 131
Conclusion......Page 133
Introduction......Page 136
Pre-1933 Trends......Page 137
Prelude to the 1933 Treaty: The D’Abernon Mission......Page 144
The Treaty and Its Consequences......Page 146
Railway Tribulations......Page 152
Balance of Trade and Exchange Control Issues......Page 153
Conclusion......Page 158
Introduction......Page 160
Economic Nationalism in Post-War Latin America......Page 163
The British Government and Economic Nationalism......Page 168
British Companies’ Response to Economic Nationalism......Page 170
The Bank of London and South America......Page 172
Royal Dutch Shell in Venezuela......Page 175
Multinational Manufacturing Companies......Page 179
Conclusion......Page 185
Introduction......Page 189
The Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission (CCHEN)......Page 192
The Wilson Government’s Interest......Page 194
Enter the Rooster: Charles De Gaulle, The South Pacific, and Chile......Page 196
Things Fall Apart......Page 203
Conclusion......Page 209
Part III: Revolution and Political Change......Page 211
Introduction......Page 212
Early Varguismo and the Obsession with Industrialisation......Page 215
Obsession and Resilient Action......Page 221
Passing on Power......Page 224
Conclusion......Page 232
Introduction......Page 235
The Second World War and Its Aftermath......Page 237
Cuba’s Strongman Returns......Page 245
Rebels and Insurrection......Page 248
Introduction......Page 257
The Coming of the Revolution and Recognition of the MNR Government......Page 263
Preserving the Traditional Bases of Anglo-Bolivian Bilateralism......Page 269
Achieving Mutual Aims Through Disparate Means......Page 274
Conclusion......Page 278
Introduction......Page 280
British Guiana......Page 282
The United States and Cheddi Jagan......Page 288
Assessment......Page 296
Introduction......Page 302
Elements of Continuity from the Cold War......Page 303
New Challenges to US Hegemony and British Interests......Page 308
Future Uncertainties......Page 314
Index......Page 316

✦ Subjects

Latin American History