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Capturing the Revolution The United States, Central America, and Nicaragua, 1961-1972

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Michael D. Gambone

ISBN: 0-275-96594-5

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96594-5

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288 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 7/30/2001

List Price: $119.95 (UK Sterling Price: £82.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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[A] classical study in diplomatic history... a valuable contribution to a better understanding of a crucial period of US-Latin American relations.
—Iberoamericana December 2003
Gambone's work is exhaustively documented, cogently argued, effectively written, and fills a significant void in the current literature. Anyone interested in placing the Central America crisis of the 1970s and 1980s in its immediate historical perspective would be well advised to consult this study.
—The Journal of Military History April 2002
Every serious student of modern Latin America and of US foreign policy in the region should consult this work. All academic collections.
—Choice 4/1/2002

Description: At the start of the 1960s, revolution challenged the established world order. In every corner of the underdeveloped world, discontent with the status quo fueled attempts to revoke colonialism and the strangleholds on power maintained by entrenched local oligarchies. This book examines the causes of revolution in the sixties and the various responses crafted to stop it, in particular, the Alliance for Progress, a program which represented the best products of American developmental and counterinsurgency theory. Equally important, however, is an examination of the independent policies implemented by Latin Americans themselves, often in direct opposition to those pursued by the U.S.

For the United States the period represented a challenge to both its sovereignty and its leadership in the so-called Free World. Perhaps more importantly, the disruptions blanketing the globe also pointed out the dramatic weaknesses of an American policy dominated by preparations for thermonuclear war with the Soviet Union. For Latin America, revolution challenged national stability and, in the cases of the regimes it was directed against, their very survival.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The Revolution Arrives, 1961-1963
Revolution and Democracy in Latin Ameica
The Challenge of Guerrilla War
The Economic Revolution in Central America
The Revolution Contained, 1963-1968
Revolution and Lyndon Johnson
Influence and Internal Security at Mid-Decade
Recapturing Economic Reform
The System Crumbles, 1969-1972
Nixon Doctrine and Latin America
The New Balance of Military Power
The Approaching Economic Crisis
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index

About the Author: MICHAEL D. GAMBONE is Assistant Professor of History at Kutztown University. Dr. Gambone entered the active duty Army in 1985 where he served as an officer in the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C. In 1997, he published his first book, Eisenhower, Somoza, and the Cold War in Nicaragua, 1953-1961 (Praeger Publishers). In 1999, he received a Fulbright to serve as Lecturer in American History at the Japan Woman's University.

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