| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 109.5

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Book Review

Comparative/World

Alan McPherson. Yankee No! Anti-Americanism in U.S.-Latin American Relations. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 2003. Pp. 257. $39.95.
In this insightful study, Alan McPherson seeks to answer the question posed by George W. Bush on September 20, 2002: "Why do they hate us?" Focusing on Latin America in the period 1958–1966, McPherson examines four case studies, beginning with the physical attacks in Venezuela against Vice President Richard M. Nixon in 1958 and continuing with the rise of Fidel Castro in Cuba, the 1964 Panamanian flag battle, and, finally, the U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic. He argues persuasively that "each is a milestone in the history of anti-Americanism" (p. 3).	1
McPherson starts by defining anti-Americanism as "the expression of a disposition against U.S. influence abroad" (p. 5). Looking at the many facets of anti-Americanism, especially the understudied experiences of "ordinary" people, the author posits three major features and then persuasively proves his points in the case studies. The first is variability. The author shows how different forms of anti-Americanism developed in each country. In Cuba, it was revolutionary, while conservative in Panama and episodic in the Dominican Republic. Using his knowledge of the different political cultures, McPherson shows that applying a one-size-fits-all approach to understanding the tensions is overly simplistic. There are many reasons, he argues, to explain why some people are anti-American, and they often differ not only by country but by class and ethnicity.	. . .

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