The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War
by Grandin, Greg
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. reprint. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 311 pages. After decades of bloodshed and political terror, many lament the rise of the left in Latin America. 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. Through unprecedented archival research and gripping personal testimonies, Greg Grandin powerfully challenges these views in this classic work. 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 political liberalism and Soviet communism but two visions of democracy—one vibrant and egalitarian, the other tepid and unequal—and that the conflict’s main effect was to eliminate homegrown notions of social democracy. Record # 381613
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- Title
- The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War
- Author
- Grandin, Greg
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0226305724
- ISBN 13
- 9780226305721
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Countries, Latin, , .
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