The Caribbean Basin: An International History / Edition 1

by Graeme Mount, Stephen Randall

Overview

The Caribbean Basin: An International History provides a study of the entire Caribbean region, including Central America and the Caribbean coast of northern South America. It also offers analysis of:
* the role of international intervention
* the complex interaction among major world powers in the area
* conflicts over colonial possessions and trade routes
* Soviet-American confrontation in the Cold War years.
Integrating the recent political, social and economic history of the Caribbean with its miltary and diplomatic past, this book charts the region's emergence from colonialism during the course of the twentieth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415089999
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/14/1998
Series:	The New International History
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mount, Graeme; Randall, Stephen

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Legacy of Empires; Chapter 2 Hegemony in Transition; Chapter 3 The Consolidation of American Power, 1917–45; Chapter 4 From War to Revolution, 1945–1959; Chapter 5 The Cuban Revolution and Caribbean Basin Relations, 1960–79; Chapter 6 From Revolution to the End of the Cold War; Epilogue;