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The killing zone : the United States wages Cold War in Latin America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rabe, Stephen G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Latin America > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Latin America.
Cold War > Diplomatic history.
Intervention (International law) > History > 20th century.
Latin America > Politics and government > 1948-1980.
Latin America > Politics and government > 1980-
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
Regime change > Latin America > History > 20th century.
Espionage, American > Latin America > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The United States and Latin America : Cold War chronology
  • Roots of Cold War interventions
  • The Kennan corollary
  • Guatemala : the mother of interventions
  • War against Cuba
  • No more Cubas : the Kennedy and Johnson doctrines
  • Military dictators : Cold War allies
  • Cold War horrors : Central America
  • Aftermath.