Guerrilla Movements in Latin America
Gott, Richard
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BOOK SUMMARY
Che Guevara's death began a legend and closed an era. Based directly on the documents produced by the guerrillas themselves, this is the first comprehensive history of that era.
In theory, immense disparity in local wealth combined with the heavy hand o
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Che Guevara's death began a legend and closed an era. Based directly on the documents produced by the guerrillas themselves, this is the first comprehensive history of that era.
In theory, immense disparity in local wealth combined with the heavy hand of "Yankee imperialism" laid the ground for revolution. In practice, however, circumstances conspired to thwart the plans of the revolutionary guerrillas. The Latin American Left was, and remains, seriously divided between Moscow-oriented Communists, Trotskyists, Maoists, pro-Cubans and simple nationalists. The rural guerrillas sought to spark off revolution through armed struggle. Yet they found themselves increasingly involved in ideological conflict with the Communists in the cities whilst rural support was rarely forthcoming with the peasants more mystified than enlightened by revolutionary rhetoric. Meanwhile government forces, with military intelligence support from the United States, evolved steadily more efficient techniques for dealing with the guerrillas.
AUTHOR BIO
Richard Gott is a former Latin America correspondent and features editor for The Guardian. A specialist in Latin American affairs, his books include Cuba, A New History, The Appeasers (with Martin Gilbert) and Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AcknowledgementsPreface to the Present EditionIntroductionPart One: Soldiers and Peasants in GuatemalaPart Two: Revolutionary Failure in VenezuelaPart Three: Violence in ColombiaPart Four: Disaster in PeruPart Five: Tragedy in BoliviaPostscript: Guerrilla Movements After Che Guevaras DeathChronologyBibliographyIndex
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"An eloquent reminder that the study of political defeats can be just as rewarding as the study of political victories."--The Guardian
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 190542258X
ISBN(13-digit): 9781905422586
Dewey Decimal: 355.0218098
Library of Congress: oc2007164280
Book Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 575
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