America's backyard : the United States and Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to the War on Terror /
The United States has shaped Latin American history, condemning it to poverty and inequality by intervening to protect the rich and powerful. America's Backyard tells the story of that intervention. Using newly declassified documents, Grace Livingstone reveals the US role in the darkest periods...
| Основен автор: | Livingstone, Grace. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York : London : New York, NY :
Zed Books ; Latin America Bureau ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
℗♭2009.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=295212 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
America's backyard. |
| Резюме: |
The United States has shaped Latin American history, condemning it to poverty and inequality by intervening to protect the rich and powerful. America's Backyard tells the story of that intervention. Using newly declassified documents, Grace Livingstone reveals the US role in the darkest periods of Latin American history, including Pinochet's coup in Chile, the Contra War in Nicaragua and the death squads in El Salvador. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (vii, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-256) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781848132153 1848132158 |