Civil Strife in Latin America: A Legal History of U.S. Involvement.
Kane, William Everett. Civil Strife in Latin America: A Legal History of U.S. Involvement. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, [1972]. ix, 240 pp. Publisher's cloth with gilt stamped spine, fine in very good dust jacket. Former owner's name on the front free endpaper, otherwise internally clean. $20. * A diplomatic and legal history analyzing the evolution of United States interventionist policy in Latin American civil conflicts from the early 19th century through the Cold War. Kane examines the shifting legal justifications utilized by Washington to rationalize military and political involvement, tracking the transition from unilateral applications of the Monroe Doctrine to the multilateral frameworks established under the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Rio Treaty. The text focuses heavily on the international law concepts of neutrality, recognition of insurgent governments, and the legal constraints surrounding collective security in the Western Hemisphere.
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