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Capturing the Revolution The United States, Central America, and Nicaragua, 1961-1972
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Michael D. Gambone
Book Code: C6594
ISBN: 0-275-96594-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96594-5
288 pages, tables, map
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 7/30/2001
List Price: $119.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Every serious student of modern Latin America and of US foreign policy in the region should consult this work. All academic collections.
    —Choice     April 2002
  • [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
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
LC Card Number: 00-069858
LCC Class: F1414
Dewey Class: 972
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