Latin America and the global Cold War / edited by Thomas C. Field Jr., Stella Krepp, and Vanni Pettinà

"Latin America and the Global Cold War analyzes more than a dozen of Latin America's forgotten encounters with Africa, Asia, and the Communist world, and by placing the region in meaningful dialogue with the wider Global South, this volume produces the first truly global history of contemp...

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Other Authors:Field, Thomas C. (Herausgeber)
Krepp, Stella (Herausgeber)
Pettinà, Vanni (Herausgeber)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
© 2020
Series:˜Theœ new cold war history
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Summary:"Latin America and the Global Cold War analyzes more than a dozen of Latin America's forgotten encounters with Africa, Asia, and the Communist world, and by placing the region in meaningful dialogue with the wider Global South, this volume produces the first truly global history of contemporary Latin America. It uncovers a multitude of overlapping and sometimes conflicting iterations of Third Worldist movements in Latin America, and offers insights for better understanding the region's past, as well as its possible futures, challenging us to consider how the Global Cold War continues to inform Latin America's ongoing political struggles"--
Physical Description:xii, 422 Seiten Illustrationen, Karte 25 cm
ISBN:9781469655697