Latin America in the Era of the Cuban Revolution and Beyond / Thomas C. Wright.

Author: Wright, Thomas C. author.

Edition Statement:Third edition.

ImprintSanta Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]

Descriptionxviii, 286 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index.

Note:Thomas Wright presents an in-depth explanation of how the Cuban Revolution dictated Latin American politics and U.S.-Latin American relations from the 1950s to the present, including widespread democratisation and the rise of the 'Pink Tide.'

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