US & the Caribbean
(see also US & Central America, US & Mexico, US & Latin America & American Empire)
Basics
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Critchfield, George W. "The US is honor bound to maintain law & order in South America," in L. Hanke (ed.) History of Latin American Civilization, vol. II (Boston, 1967), pp. 373-81. Early statement of a basic principle of US policy: maintain a safe investment climate.
Landes, David & Patricia Flynn. "Dollars for dictators: US aid in Central America & the Caribbean," in Burbach & Flynn (eds.) Politics of Intervention (?, 1984), p. 133-62.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Langley, Lester D. The Banana Wars: US Intervention in the Caribbean, 1898-1934 (Chicago: Dorsey, 1988).
Maingot, Anthony P. (ed.) Trends in US-Caribbean Relations (Thousand Oaks CA: Sage, 1994).
Soderlund, Walter C. (ed.) Mass Media & Foreign Policy: Post-Cold War Crises in the Caribbean (Westport CT: Praeger, 2003).