The Hovering Giant (Revised Edition) by Cole Blasier

The Hovering Giant (Revised Edition) by Cole Blasier

In this revised edition of The Hovering Giant Cole Blasier updates his comprehensive study of revolutionary change in Latin America. The book now includes a discussion about the revolt in El Salvador and U.S.-Cuban relations in addition to earlier revolutions in Mexico, Chile, and Guatemala.

Honest, well-argued study which presents the complexities of US. responses to revolutions with a high degree of skill and fairness.

* American Historical Review *

The book is well related to the literature on international and hemispheric relations and the case studies are used to develop broader insights. It is a book that is to be recommended for its capacity to link domestic and international politics, for its insights into how foreign policy decisions get made, and for its analysis of how policy change occurs.

* Latin American Research Review *

[S]tudents of inter-American relations will find it a very useful and readable addition to the literature on their subject.

* Journal of Latin American Studies *

[T]his volume constitutes a useful contribution, serving to pierce the veil of partisan and ideological rhetoric that often mars analses of this question to indicate additional operative factors.

* The Americas *

This is, in many ways, an extremely satisfying book. It is well written, insightful, balanced in interpretation, and superbly documented primarily from American and German archives. Though his book is diplomatic history at its best, Blasier's central aim is that of a political scientist, generating 'propositions' about 'official behavior.'

* Political Science Quarterly *

A political scientist and founder of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, Blasier has combined the methodological techniques of political science and the examples of history in a book that is informative, interpretive, and imaginative.

* Hispanic American Historical Review *

Students of U.S. policy toward Latin America will find the book balanced, thoroughly researched, interesting and informative. So, too, will students of U.S. foreign policy generally. One hopes, probably without much basis, that U.S. foreign policy-makers will read and learn from The Hovering Giant.

* Social Science Quarterly *

The book is fastidiously researched, carefully reasoned and basically well-organized. . . . [T]he analysis is carefully drawn and cleanly argued. . . . Blasier's book features a splendid comparative analysis of the United States' Latin American policy. It is "must" reading for all students of interamerican and Latin American politics and highly recommended for those interested in foreign policy and comparative revolutionary change.

* American Political Science Quarterly *

Drawing upon his university experiences in Latin America and his foreign service background in Europe and Washington, he has produced a volume both timely and provocative —- immensely useful to students of inter-American relations and worthy of intensive study by Washington policy makers.

* World Affairs *

This excellent book is the first comparative analysis of revolutionary change in Latin America.

* Choice *

Cole Blasier, Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh, is author of The Giant's Rival: The USSR and Latin America. Blasier studied or taught at Universities in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico and served as a career foreign service officer in Belgrade, Bonn, Moscow, and Washington. Because of long first-hand experience in official Washington and Moscow and extensive residence in Latin America, Blasier is uniquely qualified to appraise this complex arena of conflict.

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ISBN 13	9780822953722
ISBN 10	0822953722
Title	The Hovering Giant (Revised Edition)
Author	Cole Blasier
Series	Pitt Latin American Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Pittsburgh Press
Year published	1985-01-15
Number of pages	384
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