US Strategy in Latin America, 1939 - 1949

Why were the 1940s considered the height of US-Latin American relations? This video looks at US strategy towards Latin America in WWII, and how both sides managed relations during a tense period of world history. Partly because of unpleasant recent history, partly because of Latin America's status as a side-theater, the US would use a variety of policy tools in its strategy to persuade Latin America to contribute, actively or not, to the Allied effort.

SCRIPT: https://strategosstuff.blogspot.com/2...

All errors are my own.

▬ CHAPTERS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Introduction
0:31 - Strategic Goals
2:30 - Strategic Threats
6:22 - Pre-1939: Intervention & Indifference
12:14 - 1939-1941: Hemispheric Defense
22:11 - 1942-1944: Supporting Allied Offense
29:51 - 1944-1947: Return to Indifference
36:08 - Conclusion

▬ SOURCES ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Williams M. Understanding US-Latin American Relations. Routledge 2012.
Leonard T; Bratzel J. (eds.). Latin America During World War II. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2006.
McConahay M. The Tango War. St. Martin's Press 2018.

Department of the Army Historical Division. United States Army in World War II. https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/W... [Broken Link]
Conn S; Engelman R; Fairchild B. Guarding the United States and Its Outposts.
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/U...
Conn S; Fairchild B. The Framework of Hemisphere Defense.
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/U...

Military Operations
Woodman R. Battle of the River Plate. Pen & Sword 2012.
Faulkner M. War at Sea: A Naval Atlas 1939-1945. Naval Institute Press 2012.

Espionage
Mowry D. German Clandestine Activities in South America in World War II. US National Security Agency.
https://www.nsa.gov/Portals/70/docume...

Public Diplomacy
Sadlier D. Americans All. University of Texas Press 2013.

Brazil
McCann F. Brazil and the United States during World War II and its Aftermath. Palgrave Macmillan 2018.

Argentina
Goodwin P. Food, Fascism and Foreign Policy. University of Connecticut 2014.
Escude C. 'The US Destabilization and Economic Boycott of Argentina of the 1940s, revisited', Working Paper No.323. Area de Ciencia Politica Universidad del CEMA.
https://ucema.edu.ar/publicaciones/do...

▬ ATTRIBUTIONS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Wikipedia (Basic facts)
Faulkner M. War at Sea: A Naval Atlas 1939-1945. Naval Institute Press 2012. (River Plate, U-Boat sinkings)

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