Thomas M. Leonard is professor of history and director of the international studies program at the University of North Florida. John F. Bratzel is professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures and graduate coordinator in the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Michigan State University.

This illuminating set of essays will work well in the classroom, effectively setting forth the main issues and showing why the United States and the countries of Latin America responded to the war in distinctive ways.

• Part 1 PART I: Central America during World War IIChapter 2 Mexico: Industrialization Through UnityChapter 3 Central America: On the PeripheryChapter 4 Panama: Nationalism and the Challenge to Canal SecurityChapter 5 Dominican Republic: The Axis, the Allies and the Trujillo DictatorshipChapter 6 Puerto Rico: Quiet ParticipantPart 7 PART II: South America during World War IIChapter 8 Bolivarian Nations: Securing the Northern FrontierChapter 9 Peru: International Developments and Local RealitiesChapter 10 Brazil: Benefits of CooperationChapter 11 Chile:An Effort at NeutralityChapter 12 Argentina: The Closet Ally

Thomas M. Leonard is professor of history and director of the international studies program at the University of North Florida. John F. Bratzel is professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures and graduate coordinator in the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Michigan State University.

This illuminating set of essays will work well in the classroom, effectively setting forth the main issues and showing why the United States and the countries of Latin America responded to the war in distinctive ways.

• Part 1 PART I: Central America during World War IIChapter 2 Mexico: Industrialization Through UnityChapter 3 Central America: On the PeripheryChapter 4 Panama: Nationalism and the Challenge to Canal SecurityChapter 5 Dominican Republic: The Axis, the Allies and the Trujillo DictatorshipChapter 6 Puerto Rico: Quiet ParticipantPart 7 PART II: South America during World War IIChapter 8 Bolivarian Nations: Securing the Northern FrontierChapter 9 Peru: International Developments and Local RealitiesChapter 10 Brazil: Benefits of CooperationChapter 11 Chile:An Effort at NeutralityChapter 12 Argentina: The Closet Ally

Thomas M. Leonard is professor of history and director of the international studies program at the University of North Florida. John F. Bratzel is professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures and graduate coordinator in the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Michigan State University.

This illuminating set of essays will work well in the classroom, effectively setting forth the main issues and showing why the United States and the countries of Latin America responded to the war in distinctive ways.

• Part 1 PART I: Central America during World War IIChapter 2 Mexico: Industrialization Through UnityChapter 3 Central America: On the PeripheryChapter 4 Panama: Nationalism and the Challenge to Canal SecurityChapter 5 Dominican Republic: The Axis, the Allies and the Trujillo DictatorshipChapter 6 Puerto Rico: Quiet ParticipantPart 7 PART II: South America during World War IIChapter 8 Bolivarian Nations: Securing the Northern FrontierChapter 9 Peru: International Developments and Local RealitiesChapter 10 Brazil: Benefits of CooperationChapter 11 Chile:An Effort at NeutralityChapter 12 Argentina: The Closet Ally