Somoza and Roosevelt: Good Neighbour Diplomacy in Nicaragua, 1933-1945 (Oxford Historical Monographs)

Franklin Roosevelt's good neighbour policy, coming in the wake of decades of US intervention in Central America, and following a lengthy US military occupation of Nicaragua, marked a significant shift in US policy towards Latin America. Its basic tenets were non-intervention and non-interference. The period was exceptionally significant for Nicaragua, as it witnessed the creation and consolidation of the Somoza government - one of Latin America's most enduring authoritarian regimes, which endured from 1936 to the sandinista revolution in 1979. Addressing the political, diplomatic, military, commercial, financial, and intelligence components of US policy, Andrew Crawley analyses the background to the US military withdrawal from Nicaragua in the early 1930s. He assesses the motivations for Washington's policy of disengagement from international affairs, and the creation of the Nicaraguan National Guard, as well as debating US accountability for what the Guard became under Somoza. Crawley effectively challenges the conventional theory that Somoza's regime was a creature of Washington. It was US non-intervention, not interference, he argues, that enhanced the prospects of tyranny. "Somoza and Roosevelt examines relations between the United States and Nicaragua during the Depression and the Second World War - the period of Franklin Roosevelt's good neighbour policy. That policy, which came in the wake of decades of US intervention in Central America and followed a lengthy US military occupation of Nicaragua, marked a significant shift in Washington's policy towards the whole of Latin America. Its basic tenets were non-intervention and non-interference. A very unusual period in US foreign policy, and one that was crucially significant for Nicaragua, it witnessed the creation, consolidation, and temporary demise of the Somoza regime - one of the most enduring authoritarian governments in Latin America's history." "Addressing the political, military, commercial, financial, and intelligence components of US policy from the onset of the Depression to the end of the war. Andrew Crawley analyses the background to the US military withdrawal from Nicaragua in the 1930s, assesses the motivations for Washington's policy of disengagement from international affairs, explores the circumstances surrounding the creation of Nicaragua's National Guard, and discusses US accountability for what the Guard and Nicaragua's government thereafter became under Somoza. He effectively challenges the conventional theory that Somoza's regime was a creature of Washington, and offers a fresh perspective - that it was US non-intervention, not US intervention, that enhanced the prospects of tyranny."--Jacket

Somoza and Roosevelt examines relations between the United States and Nicaragua during the Depression and the Second World War-the period of Franklin Roosevelt's good neighbour policy. That policy, which came in the wake of decades of US intervention in Central America and followed a lengthy US military occupation of Nicaragua, marked a significant shift in Washington's policy towards the whole of Latin America. Its basic tenets were non-intervention and non-interference. A very unusual period in US foreign policy, and one that was crucially significant for Nicaragua, it witnessed the creation, consolidation, and temporary demise of the Somoza regime-one of the most enduring authoritarian governments in Latin America's history.

Addressing the political, military, commercial, financial, and intelligence components of US policy from the onset of the Depression to the end of the war, Andrew Crawley analyses the background to the US military withdrawal from Nicaragua in the 1930s, assesses the motivations for Washington's policy of disengagement from international affairs, explores the circumstances surrounding the creation of Nicaragua's National Guard, and discusses US accountability for what the Guard and Nicaragua's government thereafter became under Somoza. He effectively challenges the conventional theory that Somoza's regime was a creature of Washington, and offers a fresh perspective-that it was US non-intervention, not US intervention, that enhanced the prospects of tyranny.

Franklin Roosevelt's good neighbour policy, coming in the wake of decades of U.S. intervention in Central America, and following a lengthy U.S. military occupation of Nicaragua, marked a significant shift in U.S. policy towards Latin America. Its basic tenets were non-intervention and non-interference. The period was exceptionally significant for Nicaragua, as it witnessed the creation and consolidation of the Somoza government — one of Latin America's most enduring authoritarian regimes, which endured from 1936 to the Sandinista revolution in 1979. Addressing the political, diplomatic, military, commercial, financial, and intelligence components of U.S. policy, this book analyses the background to the U.S. military withdrawal from Nicaragua in the early 1930s. It assesses the motivations for Washington's policy of disengagement from international affairs, and the creation of the Nicaraguan National Guard, as well as debating U.S. accountability for what the Guard became under Somoza. The book challenges the conventional theory that Somoza's regime was a creature of Washington. It was U.S. non-intervention, not interference, the book argues, that enhanced the prospects of tyranny Andrew Crawley examines US non-intervention in another country's affairs, and how it could be detrimental both to the United States and to the country in question - in this case, Nicaragua. He analyses the relations between the United States and Nicaragua during the Depression and the Second World War - the period of Franklin Roosevelt's good neighbour policy- and challenges theories about the role of the United States in the creation and consolidation of one of Latin America's most enduring authoritarian regimes. - ;Franklin Roosevelt's good neighbour policy, coming in the wake of decades of Examines US non-intervention in Nicaragua's affairs, and how it could be detrimental to both countries. This book analyses the relations between the US and Nicaragua during the Depression and the WWII and challenges theories about the role of the US in the creation and consolidation of one of Latin America's most enduring authoritarian regimes.