Latin America in the Era of the Cuban Revolution

by Thomas C. Wright

Book Overview

After Fidel Castro's guerrilla war against dictator Fulgencio Batista triumphed on January 1, 1959, the Cuban Revolution came to be seen as a major watershed in Latin American history. The three decades following Castro's victory gradually marginalized Cuba from the Latin American mainstream. But, as long-time Cuba observer Thomas C. Wright shows, the Cuban Revolution owed its vast influence in Latin America to the fact that it embodied the aspirations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275967069
• ISBN13: 9780275967062
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

And you thought you were paranoid before...

Overall, the amount of exposure American policy toward Latin America receives in the media is sorely lacking. The public remains ignorant of our government's role in shaping the internal politics of Latin American countries. Wright documents how the US government responded to the Cuban revolution and the revolutionary/reformatory movements that arose as a result of it in other Latin American countries. Avoiding sensationalism and sentimentality, Wright recounts how in instance after instance, America chose to support pro-American governments while bringing about the downfall of anti-American governments, or any administration that might possibly have socialist or communist leanings. Although information dense, this book is both compelling and easy to read.