Interviewee: Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Interviewer: Esther Pan, Staff Writer, cfr.org
May 3, 2006
CFR Senior Fellow Julia E. Sweig discusses her new book, Friendly Fire: Losing Friends and Making Enemies in the Anti-American Century, with cfr.org's Esther Pan.
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