Managing Counterrevolution: The United States & Guatemala, 1954-1961: The United States and Guatemala, 1954-1961 Volume 34 (RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES LATIN AMERICA SERIES) - Softcover

Streeter, Stephen M.

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ISBN 10: 0896802159 ISBN 13: 9780896802155

Verlag: Ohio University Press, 2000

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The Eisenhower administration's intervention in Guatemala is one of the most closely studied covert operations in the history of the Cold War. Yet we know far more about the 1954 coup itself than its aftermath. This book uses the concept of “counterrevolution” to trace the Eisenhower administration's efforts to restore U.S. hegemony in a nation whose reform governments had antagonized U.S. economic interests and the local elite.

Comparing the Guatemalan case to U.S.-sponsored counterrevolutions in Iran, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, and Chile reveals that Washington's efforts to roll back “communism” in Latin America and elsewhere during the Cold War represented in reality a short-term strategy to protect core American interests from the rising tide of Third World nationalism.

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The Eisenhower administration’s intervention in Guatemala is one of the most closely studied covert operations in the history of the Cold War. Yet we know far more about the 1954 coup itself than its aftermath. This book uses the concept of “counterrevolution” to trace the Eisenhower administration’s efforts to restore U.S. hegemony in a nation whose reform governments had antagonized U.S. economic interests and the local elite.

Comparing the Guatemalan case to U.S.-sponsored counterrevolutions in Iran, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, and Chile reveals that Washington’s efforts to roll back “communism” in Latin America and elsewhere during the Cold War represented in reality a short-term strategy to protect core American interests from the rising tide of Third World nationalism.

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• Verlag: Ohio University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0896802159
• ISBN 13: 9780896802155
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 399
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