Confronting the American Dream by Michel Gobat

Confronting the American Dream by Michel Gobat

Asks how a virulent anti-Americanism developed in a Nicaraguan society that also seemed to embrace Americanization fervently and explores the historical roots of this paradox

“Extraordinarily engaging, Confronting the American Dream is far and away the best work ever written on the convoluted path of elite/Conservative disenchantment with the US. imperial project in Nicaragua. Its relevance to broader historical and contemporary phenomena throughout Latin America and well beyond is really quite remarkable.”— Lowell Gudmundson, coauthor of Central America, 1821–1871: Liberalism before Liberal Reform
“This is a beautifully argued and researched book—one of the most important and revealing case studies we have in U.S.–Latin American relations. But it goes far beyond that. Without ever significantly moving past the 1930s, Michel Gobat has provided an indictment of the early-twenty-first-century embrace of ‘American empire’ and, in a model of scholarship, provided stunning insights into the ironies—and tragedies—of the misuse of U.S. power.”—Walter LaFeber, author of America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945–2002

Michel Gobat is Associate Professor of History at the University of Iowa.

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ISBN 13	9780822336471
ISBN 10	0822336472
Title	Confronting the American Dream
Author	Michel Gobat
Series	American Encounters Global Interactions
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Duke University Press
Year published	2005-12-27
Number of pages	392
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