The Last Good Neighbor: Mexico in the Global Sixties

by Eric Zolov

Book Overview

In The Last Good Neighbor Eric Zolov presents a revisionist account of Mexican domestic politics and international relations during the long 1960s, tracing how Mexico emerged from the shadow of FDR's Good Neighbor policy to become a geopolitical player in its own right during the Cold War. Zolov shows how President L pez Mateos (1958-1964) leveraged Mexico's historical ties with the United States while harnessing the left's passionate calls...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147800620X
• ISBN13: 9781478006206
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"