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A compact history of Latin America's Cold War

Pettinà, Vanni (author.). Pope, Quentin, (translator.).

Summary: "While not commonly centered in the Cold War story, Latin America was intensely affected by that historic conflict. In this book, available for the first time in English, Vanni Pettinà makes sense of the region's diverse, complex political experiences of the Cold War era. Cross-fertilized by Latin American and Anglophone historiography, his account shifts from an overemphasis on U.S. interventions toward a comprehensive Latin American perspective. Connecting Cold War events to the region's political polarizations, revolutionary mobilizations, draconian state repression, and brutal violence in almost every sphere, Pettinà demonstrates that Latin America's Cold War was rarely cold"--

Record details

ISBN: 1469669773
ISBN: 9781469669779
ISBN: 1469669781
ISBN: 9781469669786
ISBN: 1469669781
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 198 pages).
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Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Translator's Note -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Historiographical Approaches to Latin America's Cold War -- Chapter Two. Latin America in the Early Cold War Period (1946-1954): Political and Economic Tensions and Their Consequences -- Chapter Three. The Cuban Revolution: A Turning Point in Latin America's Cold War -- Chapter Four. The Decade of Terror -- Chapter Five. The Central American Political and Military Conflict -- Epilogue -- Glossary of Terms.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (Project MUSE platform, viewed October 24, 2022).