Publisher's Synopsis
The United States currently has interests in the South Atlantic and Antarctica whichhave traditionally taken a back seat to U.S. interests in other regions. In the closing yearsof the twentieth century, those interests likely will receive more attention as the UnitedStates and the global community shifts its attention from the traditional focus on East-West issues and their conflict potential to more nationalist interests. This thesis examinesU.S. interests in the South Atlantic and Antarctica and evaluates the potentialchallenges to those interests. The thesis concludes that, while its interests in the SouthAtlantic remain, the United States will find it increasingly more difficult to extend itsinfluence as the countries of the region exert more national will and as extra-hemisphericactors gain a more significant foothold.
