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The End of Innocence: Peruvian Foreign Policy and the United States, 1919–1942

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2009

Ronald Bruce St John
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From 1919 to 1942, Peruvian foreign policy focused on two interrelated issues: the resolution of Peru's territorial disputes with Chile, Colombia and Ecuador, and the reconciliation of an expanding and deepening relationship with the United States government. The two issues were entwined since the Peruvian government and people, for part of the period, expected the support and assistance of the United States government in resolving the three territorial issues. Partially in an attempt to respond to these expectations, the United States government was aggressively and extensively involved, albeit sometimes in a manner contrary to Peruvian desires, in the resolution of all three disputes. On the whole, United States foreign policy seldom equaled Peruvian expectations throughout the period, and its failure to do so precipitated or accelerated the growth of major new tenets in Peruvian foreign policy.

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Journal of Latin American Studies , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , May 1976 , pp. 325 - 344
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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