With a critical focus on US-Latin American encounters, the book analyses geopolitical issues from a post-colonial perspective.

• A novel approach to understanding US-Third World relations.
  
• Critically considers the genesis of US power.
  
• Interweaves ideas and events, interventions and representations.
  
• Highlights the contribution of Third World intellectuals.

David Slater is Professor of Social and Political Geography at Loughborough University. He is the author of Territory and State Power in Latin America (1989), co-editor of The American Century (1999) and an editor of the journal Political Geography.