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Latin America in the Era of the Cuban Revolution and Beyond, 3rd Edition (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
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Latin America in the Era of the Cuban Revolution and Beyond, 3rd Edition (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
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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 democratization and the rise
of the "Pink Tide." Fidel Castro's ascent to power and the
revolution he carried out in Cuba not only catalyzed a wave of
revolutionary activity; it also set off a wave of reaction that led
to widespread military dictatorships and severe repression
culminating in state terrorism. Both revolution and reaction were
essentially over by 1990, and yet significant long-term effects of
the Cuban Revolution can still be seen in the modern era. Latin
America in the Era of the Cuban Revolution and Beyond 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.
It also addresses the very different but incomplete communist
revolutions in Peru, Chile, and Nicaragua, the rise of state
terrorism in response to the threat of revolution, and major
developments after 1990. This book provides unique historical
insights by bringing together under the umbrella of the impact of
the Cuban Revolution developments that otherwise might seem
unrelated to each other, thereby documenting the relationship
between revolution and reaction. This third edition has three new
chapters covering state terrorism in South America; state terrorism
in Central America; and post-1990 developments such as
neoliberalism, an unprecedented degree of democratization, the
"Pink Tide" of leftist governments like those of Hugo Chavez in
Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia; and women's major gains in
politics. Additionally, all of the chapters and the bibliography
are updated. Explains how and why Fidel Castro established
communism in Cuba, his motivations for taking Cuba into the Soviet
camp, and the consequences of both of these actions Documents how
the repression, dictatorships, and human rights violations of the
1970s and 1980s were unanticipated outcomes of the Cuban Revolution
Clarifies the often confusing and contradictory trends in Latin
American political history from the 1950s to the present Examines
the "Pink Tide" of recent leftist governments, including those of
Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia
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