Beyond the Eagle's Shadow: New Histories of Latin America's Cold War

Beyond the Eagle's Shadow: New Histories of Latin America's Cold War
ISBN-10
0826353681
ISBN-13
9780826353689
Category
History
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2013
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Author
Julio Moreno

Description

The dominant tradition in writing about U.S.-Latin American relations during the Cold War views the United States as all-powerful. That perspective, represented in the metaphor "talons of the eagle," continues to influence much scholarly work down to the present day. The goal of this collection of essays is not to write the United States out of the picture but to explore the ways Latin American governments, groups, companies, organizations, and individuals promoted their own interests and perspectives. The book also challenges the tendency among scholars to see the Cold War as a simple clash of "left" and "right." In various ways, several essays disassemble those categories and explore the complexities of the Cold War as it was experienced beneath the level of great-power relations.

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