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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Gambone, Michael D., 1963- Capturing the revolution. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001 (OCoLC)604066426 Online version: Gambone, Michael D., 1963- Capturing the revolution. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001 (OCoLC)608953788 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael D Gambone |
| ISBN: | 0275965945 9780275965945 0275973050 9780275973056 |
| OCLC Number: | 45668960 |
| Description: | xiv, 274 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The Revolution Arrives, 1961-1963 -- Revolution and Democracy in Latin America -- The Challenge of Guerrilla War -- The Economic Revolution in Central America -- The Revolution Contained, 1963-1968 -- Revolution and Lyndon Johnson -- Influence and Internal Security at Mid-Decade -- Recapturing Economic Reform -- The System Crumbles, 1969-1972 -- Nixon Doctrine and Latin America -- The New Balance of Military Power -- The Approaching Economic Crisis. |
| Responsibility: | Michael D. Gambone. |
Abstract:
At the start of the 1960s, revolution in the "Third World" challenged the established order, as discontent with the status quo fueled attempts to revoke colonialism and the strangleholds on power maintained by entrenched local oligarchies. This book examines the causes of revolution in Latin America in the sixties and the various responses crafted to stop it, in particular, the Alliance for Progress, a program which represented the best products of American developmental and counterinsurgency theory. Equally important, however, is an examination of the independent policies implemented by Latin American elites, policies often in direct opposition to those pursued by the U.S.
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- Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1948-
- Revolutions -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century.
- Latin America -- Foreign relations -- United States.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Latin America.
- Central America -- Politics and government -- 1951-1979.
- Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1937-1979.
- Alliance for Progress.
- Revoluties.
- Buitenlandse betrekkingen.
- Außenpolitik
- Geschichte 1961-1972.
- Geschichte 1951-1979.
- Geschichte 1937-1979.
- USA
- Lateinamerika
- Mittelamerika
- Nicaragua
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