Journal Article - Quarterly Journal: International Security

Soft Balancing in the Americas: Latin American Opposition to U.S. Intervention, 1898–1936

    Authors:
  • Max Paul Friedman
  • Tom Long
| Summer 2015

Summary

The concept of soft balancing first emerged in analyses of other countries’ attempts to counter U.S. primacy through nonmilitary means after the end of the Cold War. Soft balancing is not a new phenomenon, however. In the early twentieth century, Latin American states sought to end the United States’ frequent interventions in the region by creating international norms against military intervention.

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For Academic Citation: Friedman, Max Paul, and Tom Long. “Soft Balancing in the Americas: Latin American Opposition to U.S. Intervention, 1898–1936.” Quarterly Journal: International Security, vol. 40. no. 1. (Summer 2015):
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