U. S. Intervention in British Guiana A Cold War Story

Name: U. S. Intervention in British Guiana A Cold War Story
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ISBN: 9780807856390

ISBN-10: 0807856398

ISBN-13: 9780807856390

Edition: 2005

Authors: Stephen G. Rabe

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In the first published account of the massive U.S. covert intervention in British Guiana between 1953 and 1969, Stephen G. Rabe uncovers a Cold War story of imperialism, gender bias, and racism. When the South American colony now known as Guyana was due to gain independence from Britain in the 1960s, U.S. officials in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations feared it would become a communist nation under the leadership of Cheddi Jagan, a Marxist who was very popular among the South Asian (mostly Indian) majority. Although to this day the CIA refuses to confirm or deny involvement, Rabe presents evidence that CIA funding, through a program run by the AFL-CIO, helped foment the labor unrest,…

Book details

List price: $32.50
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 10/25/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English




British Guiana, 1830-1953



Imperial adjustments, 1953-1960



Covert intervention, 1961-1962



Proportional representation, 1963-1964