Latin America's Cold War

Name: Latin America's Cold War
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ISBN: 9780674064270

ISBN-10: 0674064275

ISBN-13: 9780674064270

Edition: 2010

Authors: Hal Brands

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For Latin America, the Cold War was anything but cold. Nor was it the so-called “long peace” afforded the world’s superpowers by their nuclear standoff. In this book, the first to take an international perspective on the postwar decades in the region, Hal Brands sets out to explain what exactly happened in Latin America during the Cold War, and why it was so traumatic.Tracing the tumultuous course of regional affairs from the late 1940s through the early 1990s, Latin America’s Cold War delves into the myriad crises and turning points of the period—the Cuban revolution and its aftermath; the recurring cycles of insurgency and counter-insurgency; the emergence of currents like the National…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/5/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.11" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Hal Brands is Assistant Professor of Public Policy and History at the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University.



Introduction



Convergent Conflicts



Intervention and the Limits of Power



From Crisis to Crisis



The Third World War



The Latin American Diplomatic Challenge



The Revolution in Context



Maelstrom



The End of History?


Conclusion


Notes


Archives and Other Sources


Acknowledgments


Index