three views from Honduras Ronfeldt, David F. creator author. Kellen, Konrad. author. Millett, Richard 1938- author. National Defense Research Institute (U.S.) Rand Corporation United States Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. text bibliography cau 1989 monographic eng

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xii, 71 pages ; 23 cm This study, completed in September 1988, is based on interviews conducted in 1985 and 1986 with three Hondurans: Gustavo Alvarez Martinez, Cesar A. Batres, and Victor Meza. It reports on the way U.S. involvement in Central America is apparently being perceived in Honduras and how this may affect local political and military behavior, including security cooperation with the United States. The interviews substantiate the enduring and pervasive importance of nationalism as the prism through which local elites look at security issues. The interviews acknowledge the benefits Honduras obtains from U.S. involvement in the region. They also illuminate a growing sense of the costs and risks a small country faces in an alliance with the United States against an external threat that the small country faces to a lesser degree and that the United States seems unable to handle directly in an efficient way. Finally, the interviews warn about a slowly growing, unexpected potential for anti-Americanism in a country that has never been anti-American. The significance of the interviews seems to extend beyond Honduras, reflecting broader trends in strategic thinking in Latin America, suggesting that Latin American strategic thinking about the United States is entering a new phase. David Ronfeldt with Konrad Kellen, Richard Millett. "July 1989." "National Defense Research Institute"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. nc----- n-us--- ncho--- Nationalism Honduras History 20th century Central America Relations United States Honduras Politics and government 1982- United States Military policy United States Relations Central America F1436.8.U6 R66 1989 0833009141 88031758 http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3662/ http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3662/ CstmoR 920212 rnd000000000047618