Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy.
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[Roosevelt, Eleanor]. Guerrant, Edward O. Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor Policy. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1950.
8vo.; orange cloth, stamped in blue; dust-jacket; light edgewear, chip to lower panel.
First edition of Mrs. Roosevelt’s copy of a monograph on FDR’s Latin American policy, with an autograph letter from the author’s mother to Mrs. Roosevelt loosely inserted. Guerrant, who served as a political analyst on Latin American affairs in the State department from 1944-1946, chronicles Roosevelt’s successful efforts in reorienting American policy south of the border away from gunboat diplomacy. Hoover began that shift during his administration, pledging not to intervene militarily in Latin America. Roosevelt continued that prohibition, but went further in creating good relations by eliminating trade barriers, promising to respect national sovereignty, and by making several visits to the region which drew huge and enthusiastic crowds. The Good Neighbor policy paid off during World War II when the South American nations cooperated with the American government and blocked any Nazi presence in the Western hemisphere.
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