“World War II was the Twentieth Century event of greatest global repercussions. It was the most destructive, intense and geographically inclusive war in the history of the humanity. Puerto Rico was of critical importance for the strategic planning of the United States and the other powers. During the first stages of the war, the maritime areas of…[Read more]

In this second book, Second Lieutenant Michel Laguerre Kleiman continues his analysis of the historical relationship between the navies of Peru and the United States, a task that he began in his work El Oncenio y el desarrollo de la Armada Peruana (1919-1930) (2015).

The expropriation of U.S. companies —such as the International Petroleum Company— has been signaled in historiography as a decisive factor in determining the stance of the U.S. government towards Peru’s military regime. This study shows that Congressional motivations were rather of a political nature, associated with the seizure of U.S. fishi…[Read more]

A pesar de su innegable importancia por la posición que ocupa dentro del sistema político estadounidense, el Congreso no ha recibido la atención que merece de parte de los estudiosos del desarrollo histórico de la política exterior de Estados Unidos. Enfocados en las acciones del poder ejecutivo, éstos han minimizado o ignorado el papel del C…[Read more]