{"product_id":"9780534109097","title":"The Banana Wars: United States Intervention in the Caribbean, 1898-1934","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Banana Wars: United States Intervention in the Caribbean,   1898-1934\u003c\/i\u003e offers a sweeping panorama of America's tropical empire in   the age spanned by the two Roosevelts and a detailed narrative of   U.S. military intervention in the Caribbean and Mexico.  In this new   edition, Professor Langley provides an updated introduction, placing   the scholarship in current historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cbr\u003eFrom the perspective of the Americans involved, the empire carved out   by the banana warriors was a domain of bickering Latin American   politicians, warring tropical countries, and lawless societies that   the American military had been dispatched to police and tutor.   Beginning with the Cuban experience, Langley examines the motives and   consequences of two military occupations and the impact of those   interventions on a professedly antimilitaristic American government   and on its colonial agents in the Caribbean, the American military.   The result of the Cuban experience, Langley argues, was reinforcement   of the view that the American people did not readily accept prolonged   military occupation of Caribbean countries.  \u003cp\u003eIn Nicaragua and Mexico, from 1909 to 1915, where economic and   diplomatic pressures failed to bring the results desired in   Washington, the American military became the political arbiters; in   Hispaniola, bluejackets and marines took on the task of civilizing   the tropics.  In the late 1920s, with an imperial force largely of   marines, the American military waged its last banana war in Nicaragua   against a guerrilla leader named Augusto C. Sandino.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLangley not only narrates the history of America's tropical empire,   but fleshes out the personalities of this imperial era, including   Leonard Wood and Fred Funston, U.S. Army, who left their mark on Cuba   and Vera Cruz; William F. Fullam and William Banks Caperton, U.S.   Navy, who carried out their missions imbued with old-school beliefs   about their role as policemen in disorderly places; Smedley Butler   and L.W.T. Waller, Sr., U.S.M.C., who left the most lasting imprint   of American empire; and dozens of Caribbean and Mexican political   figures caught up in America's tropical experiment. Finally, the   author speaks to current debates about unrest and conflict in the   Caribbean with some disturbing reminders about earlier American   experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Banana Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively survey of a volatile period in   inter-American relations.","brand":"Wadsworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026084937968,"sku":"9780534109097","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780534109097","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}