The Impossible Triangle
Mexico, Soviet Russia, and the United States in the 1920s
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""The Impossible Triange" succeeds on many levels, but perhaps none more than in its innovative trilateral approach. The Mexico that emerges from Spenser's narrative is both object--of the unequal struggle for influence between the United States and the Soviet Union--and subject, capable of dealing with these two 'courtiers' on its own terms. This engagingly-told story reminds us of the radical contingencies thrown up by the Bolshevik Revolution and how that revolution permanently altered the conduct of international relations."--Lewis Siegelbaum, Michigan State University
During the 1920s, Mexico is caught in a diplomatic struggle between the ideologies of two strong states. Bringing together Mexican, Soviet, and North American (as well as British) perspectives, this book shows how the convergence of various countries' domestic and foreign policies precluded them from a harmonious triangular relationship.
Foreword / Friedrich Katz ixAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction 1Part One- The Encounter of Two Revolutions, 1917-19241 The United States in Search of Its Mexican Policy 92 Mexico in Soviet Calculations 323 Soviet Russia in Mexican Politics 51Part Two- The Revolutions Arrive at Cross-Purposes, 1924-19274 The United States Challenges Mexico 755 The Soviets Misunderstand Their Meixcan Friend 956 Mexico at the Crossroads 113Part Three- The Revolutions Collide, 1928-19307 The United States as Good Neighbor 1338 The Ideological Excesses of the Comintern 1529 The Break in relations between Mexico and the USSR 170Final Reflections 191Notes 195Bibliography 231Index 251