Last Colonial Massacre Latin America in the Cold War, Updated Edition

Name: Last Colonial Massacre Latin America in the Cold War, Updated Edition
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ISBN: 9780226306902

ISBN-10: 0226306909

ISBN-13: 9780226306902

Edition: 2nd 2011 (Revised)

Authors: Greg Grandin, Naomi. Klein, Naomi Klein

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After decades of bloodshed and political terror, many lament the rise of the left in Latin America. Since the triumph of Castro, politicians and historians have accused the left there of rejecting democracy, embracing communist totalitarianism, and prompting both revolutionary violence and a right-wing backlash. Through unprecedented archival research and gripping personal testimonies, Greg Grandin powerfully challenges these views in this classic work. In doing so, he uncovers the hidden history of the Latin American Cold War: of hidebound reactionaries holding on to their power and privilege; of Mayan Marxists blending indigenous notions of justice with universal ideas of equality; and of…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/30/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the international bestsellers No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, and most recently This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate. In 2017 she joined The Intercept as Senior Correspondent. Recent articles have also appeared in the Guardian, The Nation, The New York Times, the New Yorker and Le Monde. In November 2016 she was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize in Australia.



List of Illustrations


Preface to the Updated Edition: A New Enlightenment


Preface to the First Edition


A Note on Interviews and Archives


Introduction: The Last Colonial Massacre



A Seditious Life



An Uncorrupted Life



Unfinished Lives



Clandestine Lives



An Unsettled Life


Conclusion: Children of Abel: The Cold War as Revolution and Counterrevolution


Acknowledgments


Appendix: List of the Dead from Operatiï¿½n Limpieza and the Panzï¿½s Massacre


Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Afterword: An Interview



Index