Updates/RemindersThe Imperial EraAbout the Analytical PaperTHE UNITED STATES AS AN IMPERIAL POWERSlide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9U.S. Military Interventions in the Caribbean BasinSlide 11IMPERIALISM IN THE AMERICASUpdates/Reminders•http://dss.ucsd.edu/~phsmith/teaching.htm•http://polisci.ucsd.edu/faculty/smith.html•Office hours: Thursday 11-1, SSB 364•[email protected]•[email protected] Imperial EraReading:•Smith, Talons, Introduction, chs. 1-3•CR “Documents on Imperialism”Items a, b, d (on U.S. imperialism)Items c, e (on Latin American reactions)About the Analytical Paper•Topic: Any subject related to U.S.-Latin American relations (whether or not covered in class)—proposed by student and approved by TA•Examples: Sports (e.g. baseball), film (depictions of Latina women), music (lyrics, popularity of stars, etc.), advertising (Corona beer)•In-class examples: Content of Latin American nationalism, impacts of drug war (e.g., Plan Colombia or Plan Mérida), reactions to 9/11, Obama relationship with Latin leaders, Hugo Chávez phenomenon, evaluations of NAFTA•Length: 8-12 double-spaced pages (plus notes or bibliography)•Due: Wednesday, March 2THE UNITED STATES AS AN IMPERIAL POWERGlobal Context: Great Powers and Grand Strategies•The balance of power•Notions of sovereignty•Imperialism and the pursuit of powerImperialism and Its Variations1. Conquest and incorporation (France)2. Colonization (England, Holland, Spain)3. Spheres of influence/ Spheres of interest (various)The U.S. Strategy1. Driving Europe out•Monroe Doctrine (1823)•Preference for Spain•“No-transfer” principle (1811, 1869)•Panama and World War I2. Creating America’s “empire”•Stage 1: Territorial conquest and incorporation (Mexico, Cuba?) Parenthesis: Colonization (Puerto Rico, Philippines)•Stage 2: Dollar diplomacy and periodic intervention (Caribbean and Latin America as a whole)U.S. Military Interventions in the Caribbean BasinCosta Rica 1921Cuba 1898-1902, 1906-1909, 1912, 1917-1922Dominican Rep 1903, 1904, 1914, 1916-1924Haiti 1915-1934Honduras 1903, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1924, 1925Mexico 1913, 1914, 1916-1917, 1918-1919Nicaragua 1898, 1899, 1909-1910, 1912-1925, 1926-1933Panama 1903-1914, 1921, 1925Ideology and Its Complications•The doctrine of “manifest destiny”•The problem of race•The historic compromisePower and Its Costs: The Rise of