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The war of all the people : the nexus of Latin American radicalism and Middle Eastern terrorism /

This book elucidates the ideological and political war against the United States, capitalism, and the widely accepted tenets of modernity. Spearheading this war are Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, two "revolutionary" leaders who have forged an active alliance hell...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Perdue, Jon B., 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2012]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Radicalism > Latin America.
Latin America > Politics and government > 1980-
Politics and government.
Radicalism.
Latin America.
Since 1980
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • A brief history of terrorist collaboration
  • Revolution makes strange bedfellows
  • Step-by-step subversion
  • Dismantling democracy from within
  • State propaganda and informational hegemony
  • Controlling the vote
  • Exporting the revolution
  • Revolutionaries with benefits
  • Judicial warfare and Latin American demilitarization
  • The "Hungarian complex": civilian militias as Praetorian guards
  • Building the revolutionary farm team
  • The promotion of disorder
  • The merging of hatred: anti-Semitism in Latin America
  • The threat to America's "soft underbelly."