US Strategy in Latin America, 1939 - 1949

"Somoza [Nicaragua dictator] may be a son of a bitch, but he's OUR son of a bitch." -attributed to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

This video looks at US strategy towards Latin America in World War II - how the country managed regional relations during a particularly tense period in hemispheric defense. Partly because of unpleasant recent history, partly because of Latin America's status as a side-theater to the main fighting, 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.

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All errors are my own.

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

United States Army in World War II (Official History of US Army), Department of the Army Historical Division
Conn S, Engelman R, Fairchild B. Guarding the United States and Its Outposts, 1961
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-WH-Guard/index.html
Conn S, Fairchild B. The Framework of Hemisphere Defense, 1958
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-WH-Frame/

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, 1989
https://www.nsa.gov/Portals/70/documents/news-features/declassified-documents/cryptologic-histories/german_clandestine_activities.pdf

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, 07/2006
https://ucema.edu.ar/publicaciones/download/documentos/323.pdf

ATTRIBUTIONS:
Maps from 'War at Sea: A Naval Atlas 1939-1945'
Wikipedia for basic fact-checking.

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