Last Colonial Massacre - Latin America in the Cold WarPaperback
Last Colonial Massacre - Latin America in the Cold WarPaperback After decades of bloodshed and political terror, many lament the rise of the left in Latin America. Through unprecedented archival…
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Last Colonial Massacre - Latin America in the Cold WarPaperback
After decades of bloodshed and political terror, many lament the rise of the left in Latin America. Through unprecedented archival research and gripping personal testimonies, Greg Grandin powerfully challenges these views in this classic work. Since the triumph of Castro, politicians and historians have accused the left there of rejecting democracy, embracing communist totalitarianism, and prompting both revolutionary violence and a right-wing backlash.
In doing so, he uncovers the hidden history of the Latin American Cold War: of hidebound reactionaries holding on to their power and privilege; of Mayan Marxists blending indigenous notions of justice with universal ideas of equality; and of a United States supporting new styles of state terror throughout the region.With Guatemala as his case study, Grandin argues that the Latin American Cold War was a struggle not between
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