List of illustrations -- Series editor's note -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : unequal interdependence -- Chapter 1. Chills : Cold War, dictatorship, and rising expectations, 1945-58 -- Chapter 2. Blowbacks : anti-U.S. sentiment, socialism, and U.S. gunboats, 1959-69 -- Chapter 3. Dirty wars : industrialization, human rights, and the violence of poverty, 1970-80 -- Chapter 4. Wreckages : proxy wars, debt, and defiant strongmen, 1981-90 -- Chapter 5. Transnationalisms : neoliberalism, drugs, and Latina America, 1991-2005 -- Conclusion : food for thought -- Appendix of documents -- 1. Spruille Braden and the State Department : The Blue Book on Argentina, 1946 -- 2. Roy R. Rubottom Jr. : Communism in the Americas, 1958 -- 3. Juscelino Kubitschek : Operation Pan-America, 1958 -- 4. John F. Kennedy : Announcing the Alliance for Progress, 1961 -- 5. Alberto Lleras : Report on the Alliance for Progress, 1963 -- 6. Thomas Mann : Against an Invasion of Cuba, 1961 -- 7. John F. Kennedy and Advisors : Discussing Options Against Missiles in Cuba, October 16, 1962 -- 8. Fidel Castro to Nikita Khrushchev : Warning of a U.S. Invasion, October 26, 1962 -- 9. Nikita Khrushchev to Fidel Castro : Remaining Calm Against U.S. Aggression, October 28, 1962 -- 10. Senator William Fulbright : Criticizing the U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Crisis, 1965 -- 11. Henry Kissinger and César Augusto Guzzetti : Advising the Argentine Military on Dealing With Dissent, 1976 -- 12. Nelson Rockefeller : Reporting on the Americas, 1969 -- 13. Jimmy Carter : Loosening Tensions With Cuba, 1977 -- 14. Gustavo Guitérrez : Liberation Theology, 1971 -- 15. Daniel Ortega : The Sandinistas' Relationship With the United States, Interview, 1997 -- 16. John Negroponte : Soviet Intervention in Central America, Interview, 1997 -- 17. The Santa Fe Commission : Renewing the Cold War in Latin America, 1980 -- 18. CIA : Secret Cable on a Guatemalan Massacre, 1981 -- 19. Iran-Contra Report : Findings, Indictments, and Pardons, 1993 -- 20. Clinton White House : Answering Critics of NAFTA, 1993 -- 21. Rigoberta Menchú : Indigenous Activism and Guatemala, Interview, 1992 -- 22. Foreign Ministers of the Americas : Diversity and Civil Society in the FTAA, 2003 -- 23. Jean-Bertrand Aristide : Democracy, Poverty, and Women's Activism, 1996 -- Notes -- Index -- About the author.