Latin America in the Era of the Cuban Revolution: Revised Edition

Annotation 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 and captured the imaginations of Latin America's masses as no other political movement had ever done. After reviewing the background to Castro's Cuban Revolution, Wright examines the radical social and economic transformation of Cuba and Castro's efforts to actively promote insurrection against established governments and bourgeois power throughout Latin America. He then analyzes, in detail, the military revolution in Peru, the Allende government in Chile, and the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua. Then Wright looks at the phenomena that affected all or major parts of Latin America--the impact of fidelismo, U.S. responses to revolution, rural guerrilla warfare, urban guerrilla warfare, and the new-style institutional military regimes created to fight revolution. He concludes with a summary of the rise and fall of Cuban influence in the hemisphere and offers an overview of the Latin American political landscape in the 1990s. An engaging synthesis for students and scholars interested in the Cuban Revolution and its impact on Latin America in the second half of the twentieth century

examines The Three-decade Impact Of The Cuban Revolution, From A Major Watershed In Latin American History To A Marginalized Cuba.

booknews

synthesizes Broad Trends And Phases Of The Cuban Revolution's Impact On Latin America. Chapters On Cuba Emphasize Those Features Of Fidel's Revolution That Made Cuba So Influential In Latin America. Three Other Chapters Are Country Specific, With Coverage Of The Military Revolution In Peru, The Allende Government In Chile, And The Sandinista Revolution In Nicaragua. Remaining Chapters Analyze Phenomena That Affected All Or Major Parts Of Latin America, Such As The Impact Of , Us Responses To Revolution, And The New- Style Institutional Military Regime Created To Fight Revolution. Wright Teaches History At The University Of Nevada-las Vegas. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)

Title Page......Page 3 Copyright Page......Page 4 Dedication......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 Acknowledgments......Page 9 Introduction: The Cuban Revolution and Latin America......Page 11 1. Fidel Castro's Road to Power, 1952-1959......Page 17 2. Cuba: The Making of a Revolution......Page 37 3. Fidelismo and the Radicalization of Latin American Politics......Page 55 4. U.S. Responses to Revolution......Page 73 5. Rural Guerrilla Warfare......Page 89 6. Urban Guerrilla Warfare......Page 109 7. The Peruvian Military Revolution, 1968-1975......Page 127 8. Chile under Allende: A Peaceful Road to Socialism?......Page 145 9. The Antirevolutionary Military Regimes......Page 165 10. The Nicaraguan Revolution......Page 181 11. Transitions of the 1990s......Page 203 Selected Bibliography......Page 223 Index......Page 243 Annotation Examines the three-decade impact of the Cuban Revolution, from a major watershed in Latin American history to a marginalized Cuba