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With the U.S. armed forces playing an ever increasing central role in American foreign policy, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the role of regional Commanders-in-Chief (CINCs) in both implementing and shaping relations with various countries. Wielding tremendous power and substantial resources, both military and economic, these officers are also diplomats, advisors, and intermediaries between other countries and the Washington policy process. This book explores the role these military commanders play in contemporary U.S. foreign policy

THIS ARTICLE ARGUES THAT U.S. POLICY TOWARD THE CARIBBEAN BASIN IN DOMINATED BY DOMESTIC POLITICAL FORCES AND BY THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE NATIONS IN THE REGION TO SUCH A DEGREE AS TO MAKE U.S. RELATIONS WITH THE REGION FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM U.S. RELATIONS WITH THE REST U.S. OF LATIN AMERICA. IT OPENS WITH A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EVOLUTION OF U.S. GEOPOLITICAL SCHEMES CONCERNING LATIN AMERICA TO INDICATE THAT THERE ARE IDEALIST AND REALIST TRADITIONS THAT AGREE ON U.S. EXCEPTIONISM AND ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE REGION FOR U.S. STRATEGIC INTERESTS. THIS BRIEF HISTORY ALSO INDICATES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PAST EPISODES OF INTERVENTION BOTH FOR LOCAL POLITICS IN THE REGION AND FOR THE NATURE OF DOMESTIC POLITICAL DEBATE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE REMAINDER OF THE ARTICLE EXPLAINS HOW DOMESTIC POLITICAL FORCES ARE LINKED TO FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD THE REGION AND THEN USES FOUR CASE STUDIES - NICARAGUA, EL SALVADOR, HAITI, AND CUBA - TO EXPLAIN HOW DOMESTIC POLITICAL FORCES BECOME INVOLVED IN FOREIGN POLICYMAKING AND HOW THEY INFLUENCE THE CONTOURS OF CRISES IN THE REGION AND THE U.S. RESPONSE TO CRISIS MANAGEMENT.

Review of Foreign Policy X - International Situation and U.S. Foreign Policy

Critical of the Reagan administration's foreign policy.

Days of Decision spans a century of American foreign policy making, from the Spanish-American War of 1898 to the attacks of September 11, 2001. Michael J. Nojeim and David P. Kilroy carefully examine twelve foreign policy landmarks, including the attack on Pearl harbor and America's entry into World War II, the launch of Sputnik and the space race with the Soviet Union, the Cuban missile crisis, the Vietnam War, the Arab oil embargo of 1973, and the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of the Soviet Union. Each of these milestones played a crucial role in shaping world history and led to profound changes in U.S. foreign policy.

Latinos and US Foreign Policy: Representing the Homeland?, edited by Rodolfo O. De La Garza and Harry P. Pachon, is reviewed.

In 2000, Washington Post reporter Dana Priest wrote a series of articles on the rising importance of the regional com- batant commanders, comparing them to modern-day "proconsuls" whose Roman forebears served as regional governors and commanders in chief of their military forces. Reveron's Amer- ica's Viceroys examines this comparison, providing a historical and contempo- rary analysis of contemporary regional combatant commanders and their ris- ing influence in the foreign policy– making arena.

IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS EL SALVADOR, THE SMALLEST AND MOST OVERCROWDED STATE ON THE MAINLAND OF THE AMERICAS, HAS BECOME A BLOODY BATTLEGROUND. THOUSANDS OF SALVADORANS HAVE DIED DURING A LEFTIST TRUGGLE TO OVERTHROW THE RULING GOVERNMENT WHICH THE U.S. SUPPORTS. THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES U.S. SUPPORT FOR THE SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT, WHICH WAS TEMPERED BY HUMAN RIGHTS CONSIDERATIONS, AND THE THEORY THAT EL SALVADOR HAS BECOME A TESTING GROUND FOR U.S. COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS.