Author: Donald L. Herman
Publisher: [Austin] : University of Texas at Austin
ISBN: UTEXAS:059173026917810
Category: Communism
Page: 236
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Needler, M.C. Preface.--Herman, D.L. Introduction.--Alexander, R.J. Impact of the Sino-Soviet split on Latin-American Communism.--Oswald, J.G. Soviet diplomatic relations with Mexico, Uraguay, and Cuba.--Herman, D.L. The left wing and the Communists in Mexico.--Dulles, J.W.F. The Brazilian left: efforts at recovery, 1964-1970.--Herman, D.L. Looking ahead
Author: Eusebio Mujal-León
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781000805765
Category: Political Science
Page: 407
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The USSR and Latin America (1989) is an authoritative analysis of the Soviet Union’s strategy and policy towards the region. The contributors cover a variety of topics, including Latin America’s place in Soviet strategy for the developing world, US perceptions of Soviet strategy in the region, Soviet–Cuban relations, and relations between Latin American communist parties and the USSR.
Author: Stephen G. Rabe
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 9781469619545
Category: History
Page: 248
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Stephen Rabe's timely book examines President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Latin American policy and assesses the president's actions in light of recent "Eisenhower revisionism." During his first term, Eisenhower paid little attention to Latin America but his objective there was clear: to prevent communism from gaining a foothold. The Eisenhower administration was prepared to cooperate with authoritarian military regimes, but not to fund developmental aid or vigorously promote political democracy. Two events in the second administration convinced Eisenhower that he had underestimated the extent of popular unrest--and thus the potential for Communist inroads: the stoning of Vice-President Richard M. Nixon in Caracas and the radicalization of the Cuban Revolution. He then began to support trade agreements, soft loans, and more strident measures that led to CIA involvement in the Bay of Pigs invasion and plots to assassinate Fidel Castro and Rafael Trujillo. In portraying Eisenhower as a virulent anti-Communist and cold warrior, Rabe challenges the Eisenhower revisionists who view the president as a model of diplomatic restraint.