Latin America Strategy And Policy Of The United States During The Second World War

During the Second World War , because Latin America was far away from flames of war, the domestic and international historiography circle did not pay close attention to Latin America more. In relation to the American strategy study in the wartime, the scholar did not analyse and explore specializely on the America' s Latin America strategy and policy. But in the visual angle of security strategy of U. S. A. , Latin America was an important ring . In the eyes of American policymakers , Latin America was a shelter to American safety. During the Second World War , the United States has paid close attention to the security in Latin America and implemented the positive policy on strategy. This article tries to expound America' s Latin America strategy and policy through the historical real situation how it laid down , how it carried out and to reveal its characteristics , essence and influence then to summarize out certain experience and lessons, The article is divided into four parts and described .The first part is foreword , in which explains concisly probing the theoritical and realistic significance of America' s Latin America strategy and policy in the wartime, reviews the development of the America' s Latin America policy briefly , and points out that Latin America occupies a kind of basic strategic position in the frame of security strategy of U. S. A. during the Second World WarThe second part expounds America' a Latin America strategy and policy before the Pacific War broke out. In the face of the overall infiltration in Latin America of Nazi force, U. S. A. has adopted the positive precaution measures in time, changed its policy from neutrality initial to open against German gradually,Meanwhile, called upon the Latin American nations to cooperate on defence together America and win initial success, and strived to go to Brazil to participate in the inter-American common defence system, which marked the stuggle of American building inter-American common defence system has acquired gratifying achievements.The third part mainly discusses how America' s Latin America strategy and policy set off after the Pacific War . The Pacific War accelerated the course of defence cooperation between America and Latin America. Under the effort of U. S. A. , all nations besides Argentina took part in American defence cooperative system in varying degrees which dominated by America .While strengthenning security cooperation, U.S.A. adopted various kinds of effective measures to strengthen the economic coopation with the Latin American countries too, caused defence and economic coopration complement each other, the two have formed the chief melody of America' s Latin America strategy and policy in wartime. At the later stage of the war , out of itself safety and nation interest , America rebuilt the relation with Argentina, Consolidated and strengthened Pan-American system, dominated the American aff irs after the War, and established its hegemony in America.The fourth part evalutes America' s Latin America strategy and policy during the Second War, It points out its characteristics, analyses its influence on the couse of the Second War and on the relations between America and Latin America after the Second War, Which in order to make us form panorama field of vision and whole analysis about America' s Latin America strategy and policy.In the conclusion, combining the formulation of America' s Latin America strategy and policy in the wartime , points out it is the essential aim to protect and enhance its national interest with regard to the formulation and implement of a nation' s strategy and policy.