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Hemispheric Giants
The Misunderstood History of U.S.-Brazilian Relations
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2011
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Tracing the full arc of U.S.-Brazilian interaction, Hemispheric Giants thoroughly explores the enigmatic and often-misunderstood nature of the relationship between the two largest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Britta H. Crandall asks the crucial question of why significant engagement between the United States and Brazil has been so scarce since the inception of the bilateral relationship in the late 1800s. Especially, she critically examines Washington's so-called "benign neglect"—a policy often criticized as unbefitting Brazil's size and strategic importance.
Drawing on a rich array of archival sources and personal interviews, Crandall pinpoints the key examples through time of high-level U.S. policy attention to Brazil. Her comprehensive analysis of the ebbs and flows of policy engagement allows Crandall to tease out common threads among her cases. In so doing, she shows that the label "neglect," implying a one-sided, fitful relationship, is far from the reality of a mutual, ongoing policy engagement between the U.S. and Brazilian governments. To be sure, their different relative power positions and foreign policy traditions have limited high-level bilateral engagement. However, Crandall argues convincingly that the diminishing power disparity between the United States and Brazil is leading to closer ties in the twenty-first century—a trend that will bring about growing cooperation as well as competition in the future.
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2011
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-0787-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-0789-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
212
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Preface and Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 01. Introduction: The Importance of Dual Priorities No access Pages 1 - 14
Chapter 02. The 1893 Naval Revolt and the Rio Branco Years: Origins of the “Unique Alliance” No access
Chapter 03. World War I: Widening Power Disparity No access
Chapter 04 World War II: Engagement during the Roosevelt-Vargas Years No access
Chapter 05. The Postwar Era: Drop in Policy Attention No access
Chaptert 06. The 1950s: Bilateral Distancing No access
Chapter 7. The 1960s: Brazil in the Fight against Communism No access
Photospread No access
Chapter 08. The Carter Administration: Human Rights and Nuclear Tensions No access
Chapter 09. The Reagan Administration: Atomic Bombs and Foreign Debt No access
Chapter 10. Presidents Bush and Clinton: An Economic Agenda No access
Chapter 11. After September 11: Signs of Convergence No access
Chapter 12. Looking to the Future: Equal Partners? No access
Chapter 13. Conclusion: U.S.-Brazilian Relations in Perspective No access
