| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 91.3

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Book Review

The Americas in the Modern Age. By Lester D. Langley. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. xiv, 317 pp. $37.50, ISBN 0-300-10008-6.)
Despite the optimism of improved relations following the end of the Cold War in the 1990s, the characteristics of inter-American relations in 1900 remain relevant in 2001, argues University of Georgia professor Lester D. Langley. Drawing upon nearly two generations of teaching, research, and writing in the field, Langley concludes that the concepts, ideas, and perceptions offered by Theodore Roosevelt and José Martí at the beginning of the twentieth century are applicable at the end of the century and will continue to shape relations among the nations of the Western Hemisphere into the new millennium.	1
Roosevelt symbolized a nation on the verge of empire, impelled by a self-righteous conscience to uplift the downtrodden of Latin America, particularly the Caribbean region. The United States would introduce democracy, civil rights, and social responsibility and, concomitantly, pave the way for U.S. capitalism. In reality, Roosevelt epitomized the perception of Latin Americans held by North Americans since the time of the latter's independence. These stereotypes brought a sense of paternalism to twentieth-century U.S. policy toward Latin America that was exhibited in the policies of both Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and John F. Kennedy.	. . .

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