Close Neighbors, Distant Friends - (Contributions in American History) by John E Findling (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book is a solid overview that is more concerned with what happened than why it happended, and a work that can be a starting-point for those who want an introduction to US-Central American relations or a dependable reference for the more knowledgeable. Although primarily concerned with getting the most important facts recorded, Findling knows when to stop and present interpretative insights (as in his page on the New Deal, which he handles critically and well). Comets come and go, but this book should have a good life as an analysis that serves as a useful reference to a relationship that remains, unfortunately for Central Americans and US foreign policy, too little understood. The International History Review

Book Synopsis

This book is a solid overview that is more concerned with what happened than why it happended, and a work that can be a starting-point for those who want an introduction to US-Central American relations or a dependable reference for the more knowledgeable. Although primarily concerned with getting the most important facts recorded, Findling knows when to stop and present interpretative insights (as in his page on the New Deal, which he handles critically and well). Comets come and go, but this book should have a good life as an analysis that serves as a useful reference to a relationship that remains, unfortunately for Central Americans and US foreign policy, too little understood. The International History Review

Review Quotes

?A broad survey of US relations of Central America to 1986, this work is factually sound and organized so the reader can easily trace major trends and relationships in individual countries or on a broader regional basis.... The notes and bibliographical materials will be very helpful for guiding readers to further sources. The book is useful primarily in the fields of history and political science, especially for sources giving emphasis to the Latin American policy of the US.... Upper-division undergraduates and above.?-Choice

?This book is a solid overview that is more concerned with what happened than why it happended, and a work that can be a starting-point for those who want an introduction to US-Central American relations or a dependable reference for the more knowledgeable. Although primarily concerned with getting the most important facts recorded, Findling knows when to stop and present interpretative insights (as in his page on the New Deal, which he handles critically and well). Comets come and go, but this book should have a good life as an analysis that serves as a useful reference to a relationship that remains, unfortunately for Central Americans and US foreign policy, too little understood.?-The International History Review

"This book is a solid overview that is more concerned with what happened than why it happended, and a work that can be a starting-point for those who want an introduction to US-Central American relations or a dependable reference for the more knowledgeable. Although primarily concerned with getting the most important facts recorded, Findling knows when to stop and present interpretative insights (as in his page on the New Deal, which he handles critically and well). Comets come and go, but this book should have a good life as an analysis that serves as a useful reference to a relationship that remains, unfortunately for Central Americans and US foreign policy, too little understood."-The International History Review

"A broad survey of US relations of Central America to 1986, this work is factually sound and organized so the reader can easily trace major trends and relationships in individual countries or on a broader regional basis.... The notes and bibliographical materials will be very helpful for guiding readers to further sources. The book is useful primarily in the fields of history and political science, especially for sources giving emphasis to the Latin American policy of the US.... Upper-division undergraduates and above."-Choice

About the Author

JOHN E. FINDLING is Professor of History in the Division of Social Science at Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana.