In from the Cold

by Joseph, Gilbert M.; Spenser, Daniela

• ISBN13: 9780822341024
• ISBN10: 0822341026
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-30
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

"This outstanding collection explains why Latin America was central to the Cold War and why the Cold War was central for Latin America. By providing easy access to some of the best research currently being undertaken on Cold War history, the editors have done a great favor to those who are looking for critical and innovative explorations of the recent past."--O. A. Westad, London School of Economics, author of "The Global Cold War"

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
New Approaches, Debates, and Sources
What We Now Know and Should Know: Bringing Latin America More Meaningfully into Cold War Studies	p. 3
Recovering the Memory of the Cold War: Forensic History and Latin America	p. 47
Latin America between the Superpowers: International Realpolitik, the Ideology of the State, and the "Latin Americanization" of the Conflict
The Caribbean Crisis: Catalyst for Soviet Projection in Latin America	p. 77
The View from Havana: Lessons from Cuba's African Journey, 1959-1976	p. 112
Transnationalizing the Dirty War: Argentina in Central America	p. 134
Everyday Contests over Culture and Representation in the Latin American Cold War
Producing the Cold War in Mexico: The Public Limits of Covert Communications	p. 171
Cuba si, Yanquis no! The Sacking of the Instituto Cultural Mexico-Norteamericano in Morelia, Michoacan, 1961	p. 214
Miracle on Ice: Industrial Workers and the Promise of Americanization in Cold War Mexico	p. 253
Chicano Cold Warriors: Cesar Chavez, Mexican American Politics, and California Farmworkers	p. 273
Birth Control Pills and Molotov Cocktails: Reading Sex and Revolution in 1968 Brazil	p. 308
Rural Markets, Revolutionary Souls, and Rebellious Women in Cold War Guatemala	p. 350
Final Reflections
Standing Conventional Cold War History on Its Head	p. 381
Selective Bibliography	p. 397
Contributors	p. 427
Index	p. 429
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