Borders and bridges : a history of U.S.-Latin American relations / Stewart Brewer ; foreword by Michael LaRosa.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-189) and index.

1. Foundations and perceptions -- 2. The European enlightenment and the birth of U.S.-Latin American relations -- 3. The independence movements in Spanish Latin America and Brazil -- 4. The Monroe Doctrine, manifest destiny, and the Mexican War -- 5. Nineteenth-century U.S. imperialism and the Spanish American War -- 6. Gunboat diplomacy, Panama, and the new world policeman -- 7. The Great Depression, the good neighbor policy, and World War II -- 8. The Cold War, the Cuban revolution, and the Cuban missile crisis -- 9. The end of nonintervention and the end of the Cold War -- 10. Crossing the threshold of a new century -- A chronology of U.S.-Latin American relations.