‘Governments may hold doors open all over the world, but if there is no one to go through them it is an empty form, and people get tired of holding doors open as an empty form.’
This book is a collection of addresses given in the United States by Elihu Root on Latin America relations. Root was a highly distinguished American statesman who held multiple high-ranking offices. His addresses on Latin America relations are considered to be reflective of the direction of U.S. policy during his time.
Elihu Root was an American lawyer and statesman. He served as the United States Secretary of State under President Theodore Roosevelt and as the United States Secretary of War under both President Theodore Roosevelt and President William McKinley. He was also the founding chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations.