Empire and revolution : the United States and the Third World since 1945

The ten essays in this volume represent state-of-the-art surveys of ten singular episodes in U.S. interaction with the Third World since 1945. Each author seeks to present a unique approach to a specific topic within U.S. -- Third World relations. The essays cover the globe and include studies of the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. They make use of a variety of source material and employ a wide range of analytical devices, such as the national security paradigm, the idea of economic development, and culture. The essays present a multihued portrait of the different ways policy makers in the United States dealt with Third World problems. The essays make clear the multitude of considerations that affected policy making; the many different actors, both official and nonofficial, who came to influence the policy-making process; and the possibilities for future research into U.S. relations with the nations of the Third World. They are designed not only to present the current state of the literature but also to suggest some avenues for future research. Introduction : The Challenge Of The Third World / Robert J. Mcmahon -- His Finest Hour? Eisenhower, Lebanon, And The 1958 Middle East Crisis / Douglas Little -- The Caribbean Triangle : Betancourt, Castro, And Trujillo And U.s. Foreign Policy, 1958-1963 / Stephen G. Rabe -- Flee! The White Giants Are Coming! : The United States, Mercenaries, And The Congo, 1964-1965 / Piero Gleijeses -- The United States And Vietnam, 1950-1968 : Capitalism, Communism, And Containment / Robert Buzzanco -- Decolonization, The Cold War, And The Foreign Policy Of The Peace Corps / Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman -- The Influence Of Organized Labor On U.s. Policy Toward Israel, 1945-1967 / Peter L. Hahn -- Real Men Don't Wear Pajamas : Anglo-american Cultural Perceptions Of Mohammed Mossadeq And The Iranian Oil Nationalization Dispute / Mary Ann Heiss -- Gender Relations, Foreign Relations : The United States And South Asia, 1947-1964 / Andrew J. Rotter -- Like Boxing With Joe Louis : Nelson Rockefeller In Venezuela, 1945-1948 / Darlene Rivas -- Fuel For The Good Dragon : The United States And Industrial Policy In Taiwan, 1950-1965 / Nick Cullather. Edited By Peter L. Hahn, Mary Ann Heiss. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Empire and Revolution Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Challenge of the Third World National Security and Counter-Revolution / His Finest Hour? Eisenhower, Lebanon, and the 1958 Middle East Crisis The Caribbean Triangle: Betancourt, Castro, and Trujillo and U.S. Foreign Policy, 1958-1963 “Flee! The White Giants Are Coming!”: The United States, Mercenaries, and the Congo, 1964-1965 The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1968: Capitalism, Communism, and Containment Culture / Decolonization, the Cold War, and the Foreign Policy of the Peace Corps The Influence of Organized Labor on U.S. Policy toward Israel, 1945-1967 Real Men Don’t Wear Pajamas: Anglo-American Cultural Perceptions of Mohammed Mossadeq and the Iranian Oil Nationalization Dispute Gender Relations, Foreign Relations: The United States and South Asia, 1947-1964 Economic Development / Like Boxing with Joe Louis: Nelson Rockefeller in Venezuela, 1945-1948 “Fuel for the Good Dragon”: The United States and Industrial Policy in Taiwan, 1950-1965 Conclusion Bibliographical Essay Contributors Index