Addicted to Failure - 9780742540972

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Addicted to FailureU.S. Security Policy in Latin America and the Andean Region\nAuthor(s): Brian Loveman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield\nISBN-13: 9780742540972, 978-0742540972\nSynopsis\nFor supplementary documentation and useful websites, click here.\n\nThis perceptive book critically explores why the United States continues to pursue failed policies in Latin America. What elements of the [url] and Latin American political systems have allowed the Cold War, the war on drugs, and the war on terror to be conflated? Why do [url] policiesostensibly designed to promote the rule of law, human rights, and democracyinstead contribute to widespread corruption, erosion of government authority, human rights violations, and increasing destabilization? Why have the war on drugs and the war on terror neither reduced narcotics trafficking nor increased citizen security in Latin America? Why do Latin American governments, thn