U.S. and Latin American Relations writing (part 6)

I last updated about a month ago. It is always hard to make headway toward the end of the semester but I've been plugging along.  In the very near future I will be half done but it is the easy half.

The thematic chapters take longer because they require a lot of updating and I am writing one from scratch. They constitute five chapters. Realistically, I have 11 weeks to complete them, which means just about two weeks per chapter. The writing, of course, won't work that way because it can't go as quickly--I have 11 weeks to write another 40 pages or so, which means about 4 pages a week. Simultaneously, I have about 2.5 weeks to revise each of the remaining 4 chapters. This won't be easy but I am not giving up on the deadline.

If you ever wonder what professors do during the summer, this is just one example.

Progress (Deadline: August 1, 2014)

Chapter 1 (Theory) - Done
Chapter 2 (Historical) - Done
Chapter 3 (Rise of US Hegemony) - Done
Chapter 4 (Intervention/Good Neighbor) - Done
Chapter 5 (Early Cold War) - edited with red pen and currently revising
Chapter 6 (Cuba Revolution)- edited with red pen but not revised
Chapter 7 (Communist Threat) - in the process of reading/commenting
Chapter 8 (Challenge to US Hegemony)- writing (8 pages out of ~45) Four pages a week
Chapter 9 (Political Economy)- in the process of reading/commenting Finish by May 28
Chapter 10 (Immigration) - printed and thinking about all the outdated parts Finish by June 16
Chapter 11 (Human Rights) - printed and thinking about all the outdated parts Finish by July 4 
Chapter 12 (Drug Trafficking) - printed and thinking about all the outdated parts Finish by July 23