The Last Colonial Massacre - Latin America in the Cold War

Informationen zum Autor Greg Grandin is assistant professor of history at New York University. He is the author of The Blood of Guatemala: A History of Race and Nation. Klappentext After decades of bloodshed and political terror, many lament the rise of the left in Latin America. With Guatemala as the case study, this title argues that the Latin American Cold War was a struggle not between political liberalism and Soviet communism but two visions of democracy. Zusammenfassung After decades of bloodshed and political terror! many lament the rise of the left in Latin America. With Guatemala as the case study! this title argues that the Latin American Cold War was a struggle not between political liberalism and Soviet communism but two visions of democracy.

Product details

• Authors: Greg Grandin, Greg/ Grandin Grandin
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2011
• EAN: 9780226306902
• ISBN: 978-0-226-30690-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 230 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, HISTORY / Latin America / General, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, History of the Americas, The Cold War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General