Table of Contents

List of contributors; Preface; 1. Britain and Latin America in historical perspective Leslie Bethell; Part I. Cultural and Political Relations: 2. Britain's cultural relations with Latin America Gerald Martin; 3. British policy towards Latin America Robert Graham; 4. The United States factor in British relations with Latin America David Thomas; 5. Britain, Latin America and the European Community Laurence Whitehead; Part II. Economic Relations: 6. Trade, aid and investment since 1950 David Atkinson; 7. Financial relations between Britain and Latin America Stephany Griffith-Jones; 8. Britain and Latin America: oil and minerals George Philip; Part III. Sources of Friction: 9. Further forward thoughts on the Falklands Malcolm Deas; 10. British relations with Latin America: the Antarctic dimension Peter Beck; 11. The illicit drug trade David Webb-Carter; Part IV. Conclusions: 12. British relations with Latin America into the 1990s Victor Bulmer-Thomas; Index.

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This book studies the reasons for the dramatic decline of British relations with Latin America.