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Useful survey of inter-American relations. Times Literary Supplement
|This excellent book is especially welcome at a time when Latin America hopes for significant changes in U.S. foreign policy. Written by scholars and practitioners with a deep understanding of Latin American societies and politics, it will help craft a more constructive relationship between the region and the United States It tackles the 'hard cases' Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, and Venezuela and provides broad regional and historical perspectives as well. Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil, 1995-2003
|An excellent contribution for thinking about Latin American-United States relations from a new perspective. Is it finally possible, through frank dialogue, to build a new partnership in the Americas? The authors of this timely book give a promising and hopeful response. Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile, 2000-06
|This useful volume by a stellar group of experts should be warmly welcomed by the Obama administration as it tries to reset the course of U.S. policy toward the Americas based on mutual respect and convergence of interests. Ambassador Thomas Pickering, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 1997-2001
|This timely, pragmatic volume recommends a more strategic U.S. approach to Latin America based on constructive and focused inter-American partnerships on the issues that matter most to our people's daily lives, such as democracy and the rule of law, energy, immigration, jobs, and the environment. An excellent addition to the reading list for policymakers, analysts and practitioners alike and another sterling contribution from top scholars of the Western Hemisphere. Thomas Mack McLarty, White House Special Envoy for the Americas, 1996-98