Capturing the Revolution
The United States, Central America, and Nicaragua, 1961-1972
Capturing the Revolution
The United States, Central America, and Nicaragua, 1961-1972
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At the start of the 1960s, revolution challenged the established world order. In every corner of the underdeveloped world, discontent with the status quo fueled attempts to revoke colonialism and the strangleholds on power maintained by entrenched local oligarchies. This book examines the causes of revolution in the sixties and the various responses crafted to stop it, in particular, the Alliance for Progress, a program which represented the best products of American developmental and counterinsurgency theory. Equally important, however, is an examination of the independent policies implemented by Latin Americans themselves, often in direct opposition to those pursued by the U.S.
For the United States the period represented a challenge to both its sovereignty and its leadership in the so-called Free World. Perhaps more importantly, the disruptions blanketing the globe also pointed out the dramatic weaknesses of an American policy dominated by preparations for thermonuclear war with the Soviet Union. For Latin America, revolution challenged national stability and, in the cases of the regimes it was directed against, their very survival.
Table of Contents
The Revolution Arrives, 1961-1963
Revolution and Democracy in Latin Ameica
The Challenge of Guerrilla War
The Economic Revolution in Central America
The Revolution Contained, 1963-1968
Revolution and Lyndon Johnson
Influence and Internal Security at Mid-Decade
Recapturing Economic Reform
The System Crumbles, 1969-1972
Nixon Doctrine and Latin America
The New Balance of Military Power
The Approaching Economic Crisis
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | Jul 30 2001 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 288 |
| ISBN | 9780275965945 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Dimensions | 235 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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