Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-270) and index.
Contents
Introduction : The camel not in the Koran -- ch. 1. How Latin America saved the United States from itself -- ch. 2. The most important place in the world : toward a new imperialism -- ch. 3. Going primitive : the violence of the new imperialism -- ch. 4. Bringing it all back home : the politics of the new imperialism -- ch. 5. The third conquest of Latin America : the economics of the new imperialism -- ch. 6. Globalization's showpiece : The failure of the new imperialism -- Conclusion : Iraq is not Arabic for Latin America -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.