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U.S. intervention in British Guiana : a Cold War story / Stephen G. Rabe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rabe, Stephen G.
- Series:
- New Cold War history.
- The new Cold War history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Subversive activities--Guyana--History--20th century.
- Subversive activities.
- Cold War.
- Guyana--Politics and government--1803-1966.
- Guyana.
- Guyana--Politics and government--1966-.
- Guyana--Relations--United States.
- United States--Relations--Guyana.
- United States.
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Presenting an account of the massive US covert intervention in British Guiana between 1953 and 1969. Considering race, gender, religion, and ethnicity, with traditional approaches to diplomatic history, this analysis of the Cold War tragedy serves as a needed corrective to interpretations that depict the Cold War as an unsullied US triumph.
- Contents:
- British Guiana, 1831-1953
- Imperial adjustments, 1953-1960
- Covert intervention, 1961-1962
- Proportional representation, 1963-1964
- Guyana, 1965-1969.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-228) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890879837
- 9780807876961
- 0807876968
- OCLC:
- 476237351
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