Latin America in the era of the Cuban Revolution and beyond / Thomas C. Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Thomas C., author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radicalism--Latin America--History--20th century.

Radicalism.

Violence--Latin America--History--20th century.

Violence.

Latin America--Politics and government--1948-1980.

Latin America.

Cuba--History--Revolution, 1959--Influence.

Cuba.

United States--Military policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages) : maps

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2018]

Summary:

This book covers the events of the Cuban Revolution itself, the resulting radicalization of Latin American politics, the United States' responses to the threat of communist expansion in the hemisphere, and rural and urban guerrilla warfare that were spawned by the Cuban Revolution.

Contents:

Introduction: the Cuban Revolution and Latin America

Part I. Revolution in Cuba

Fidel Castro's road to power, 1952-1959

Cuba: the making of a revolution

Part II. The promise and threat of hemispheric revolution

Fidelismo and the radicalization of Latin American politics

U.S. responses to revolution

Part III. Guerrilla warfare

Che's way: rural guerrilla warfare

After Che: urban guerrilla warfare

Part IV. Three truncated revolutions

The Peruvian Military Revolution, 1968-1975

Chile under Allende, 1970-1973: a peaceful road to socialism?

The Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua, 1979-1990

Part V. The reaction

State terrorism in the South America

State terrorism in Central America

Part VI. The continuing impact of the Cuban Revolution

Major political trends since 1990.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798216109167

9781440857683

1440857687

OCLC:

1024284811