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Author Harmer, Tanya.

Title Allende's Chile and the Inter-American Cold War / Tanya Harmer.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 375 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series The new Cold War history
New Cold War history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Ideals : Castro, Allende, Nixon, and the inter-American Cold War -- Upheaval : an election in chile, September-November 1970 -- Rebellion : in pursuit of radical transformation, November 1970-July 1971 -- Disputes : copper, compañeros, and counterrevolution, July-December 1971 -- Battle lines : d'tente unmasked, January-October 1972 -- Crossroads : incomprehension and dead ends, November 1972-July 1973 -- Cataclysm : the Chilean coup and its fallout.
Summary "Drawing on firsthand interviews and recently declassified documents from archives in North America, Europe, and South America, Harmer provides the most comprehensive account to date of Cuban involvement in Latin America in the early 1970s, Chilean foreign relations during Allende's presidency, Brazil's support for counterrevolution in the Southern Cone, and the Nixon administration's Latin American policies. Harmer argues that this battle was part of a dynamic inter-American Cold War struggle to determine Latin America's future"--Provided by publisher.
"Fidel Castro described Salvador Allende's democratic election as president of Chile in 1970 as the most important revolutionary triumph in Latin America after the Cuban revolution. Yet celebrations were short lived. In Washington, the Nixon administration vowed to destroy Allende's left-wing government while Chilean opposition forces mobilized against him. The result was a battle for Chile that ended in 1973 with a right-wing military coup and a brutal dictatorship lasting nearly twenty years. Tanya Harmer argues that this battle was part of a dynamic inter-American Cold War struggle to determine Latin America's future, shaped more by the contest between Cuba, Chile, the United States, and Brazil than by a conflict between Moscow and Washington. Drawing on firsthand interviews and recently declassified documents from archives in North America, Europe, and South America--including Chile's Foreign Ministry Archive--Harmer provides the most comprehensive account to date of Cuban involvement in Latin America in the early 1970s, Chilean foreign relations during Allende's presidency, Brazil's support for counterrevolution in the Southern Cone, and the Nixon administration's Latin American policies. The Cold War in the Americas, Harmer reveals, is best understood as a multidimensional struggle, involving peoples and ideas from across the hemisphere"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject History, Modern -- 20th century.
History, Modern.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject International relations -- History -- 20th century.
International relations.
History.
Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1948-1980.
Latin America.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1948-1980
Subject United States -- Foreign relations -- Latin America.
United States.
Latin America -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
Chronological Term 1945-1989
Subject Chile -- Foreign relations -- 1970-1973.
Chile.
Chronological Term 1970-1973
Subject Cuba -- Foreign relations -- 1959-1990.
Cuba.
Chronological Term 1959-1990
Subject Brazil -- Foreign relations -- 1964-1985.
Brazil.
Chronological Term 1964-1985
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Title Allende's Chile & the Inter-American Cold War
Other Form: Print version: Harmer, Tanya. Allende's Chile and the Inter-American Cold War. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2011011686
ISBN 9781469602721 (electronic book)
1469602725 (electronic book)
9780807869246 (electronic book)
0807869244 (electronic book)
0807834955
9780807834954
9781469613901
1469613905
Standard No. 40019887016
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