Table of Contents

Preface -- Introduction The nature of complex interdependence -- The US enters the Caribbean -- Geopolitics and racial destiny: 1823–1903 -- Geopolitics and the perceived duties of the policeman: 1903–35 -- Reinforcing perceptions: U-boats and fifth columns in World War II -- The Marxist challenge and US responses -- From anti-Fascism to anti-communism: Costa Rica and British Guiana -- The CIA unleashed: Containing communism in Guatemala and Cuba -- The Caribbean plays the Cuban card: The US response -- Problems of the modern Caribbean -- Threats to social and national security: The internationalization of corruption and violence -- The 'offshore' development strategy: Is it for everyone? -- Migration and development: All roads lead north -- Haiti: Intractable problems, shifting commitments -- Conclusion The challenges of sovereign consent in US-Caribbean relations

About the Author

Anthony P. Maingot is professor of sociology at Florida International University and is the editor of Hemisphere, a magazine of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at FIU.