04117nam 2200805 a 450 991096013380332120230725033423.0978067441729806744172919780674058439067405843710.4159/9780674058439(CKB)2670000000187168(OCoLC)781542966(CaPaEBR)ebrary10538003(SSID)ssj0000743473(PQKBManifestationID)12327102(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000743473(PQKBWorkID)10827275(PQKB)10185164(SSID)ssj0000612195(PQKBManifestationID)12284867(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612195(PQKBWorkID)10671508(PQKB)11020746(MiAaPQ)EBC3301052(Au-PeEL)EBL3301052(CaPaEBR)ebr10538003(DE-B1597)589749(DE-B1597)9780674058439(OCoLC)1301549518(Perlego)1148553(EXLCZ)99267000000018716820100226d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLatin America's Cold War /Hal BrandsCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20101 online resource (408 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780674064270 0674064275 9780674055285 0674055284 Includes bibliographical references and index.Convergent conflicts -- Intervention and the limits of power -- From crisis to crisis -- The third world war -- The Latin American diplomatic challenge -- The revolution in context -- Maelstrom -- The end of history?.For Latin America, the Cold War was anything but cold. Nor was it the so-called “long peace” afforded the world’s superpowers by their nuclear standoff. In this book, the first to take an international perspective on the postwar decades in the region, Hal Brands sets out to explain what exactly happened in Latin America during the Cold War, and why it was so traumatic. Tracing the tumultuous course of regional affairs from the late 1940s through the early 1990s, Latin America’s Cold War delves into the myriad crises and turning points of the period—the Cuban revolution and its aftermath; the recurring cycles of insurgency and counter-insurgency; the emergence of currents like the National Security Doctrine, liberation theology, and dependency theory; the rise and demise of a hemispheric diplomatic challenge to U.S. hegemony in the 1970s; the conflagration that engulfed Central America from the Nicaraguan revolution onward; and the democratic and economic reforms of the 1980s. Most important, the book chronicles these events in a way that is both multinational and multilayered, weaving the experiences of a diverse cast of characters into an understanding of how global, regional, and local influences interacted to shape Cold War crises in Latin America. Ultimately, Brands exposes Latin America’s Cold War as not a single conflict, but rather a series of overlapping political, social, geostrategic, and ideological struggles whose repercussions can be felt to this day.Cold WarInfluenceWorld politics1945-1989Latin AmericaHistory1948-1980Latin AmericaHistory1980-Latin AmericaPolitics and government1948-1980Latin AmericaPolitics and government1980-Latin AmericaForeign relations1948-1980Latin AmericaForeign relations1980-Cold WarInfluence.World politics980.03NQ 8340rvkBrands Hal1983-946143MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960133803321Latin America's Cold War4366961UNINA