FOREIGN RELATIONS: Decline of the Good Neighbor

At least three main facts about U.S. diplomacy became clear last week. First, the U.S. is no longer sure of its policy, if it had one, towards Argentina, and as a result is handling it badly. Second, if the continued ill-treatment of Argentina is the present shape of the Good Neighbor policy, it is no longer supported with enthusiasm by other American republics. Third, the policy, or whatever it is, is getting nowhere.

After two years of fist-shaking and name-calling in lieu of clarity of purpose, Secretary of State Cordell Hull last week...

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