The United States and the Americas ARGENTINA AND THE UNITED STATES The United States and the Americas Lester D. Langley, General Editor This series is dedicated to a broader understanding ofthe political, economic, and especially cultural forces and issues that have shaped the Western hemispheric experience— its governments and its peoples. Individual voluntes assess relations between the United States and its neighbors to the south and north: México, Central AwerKñ, Cuba, the Dominican Repq$ffi^Haifa, panamá, Colombia, Venezuela, P^TU Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, ana Cañada. Argentina and the United States David M. K. Sheinin Argentina and the United States: An Alliance Contained The University of Georgia Press Athens and London © 2oo6 by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 AH rights reserved Set in 10/14 Palatino by G&S Typesetters, Inc. Printed and bound by Maple-Vail The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Conunittee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Printed in the United States of America 10 09 08 07 06 c 5 4 3 2 1 10 09 08 07 06 p 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sheinin, David. Argentina and the United States : an alliance contained / David M. K. Sheinin. p. cm. — (The United States and the Americas) Ineludes bibliographical references and Índex. iSBN-13: 978-0-8203-2808-9 (cloth) iSBN-10: 0-8203-2808-1 (cloth) iSBN-13: 978-0-8203-2809-6 (pbk.) iSBN-10: 0-8203-2809-x (pbk.) 1. United States—Relations—Argentina. 2. Argentina—Relations—United States. I. Title. II. Series. E183.8.A7S53 2006 327.73082—dc22 2005029969 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available For Dr. Rose Sheinin