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Title: Our Own Backyard: The United States in Central America, 1977-1992 by William M. Leogrande ISBN: 0-8078-4857-3 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A subject not many like to think about
Comment: Excellent book. LeoGrande tells us a disturbing tale that would be fodder for nightmares. And it's all too true.
That these people were once in charge of our government, and today are not sitting in jail is appalling.
Rating: 5
Summary: Looking for Central America? This is it.
Comment: "Our Own Backyard" by LeoGrande is the best one volume history of US-Central American relations during the eighties. It is a tour-de-force backed by an extensive research and it is extremely well written. The importance of this book is hightened by the fact that it is very difficult to understand US-Latin-American relations in this decade without seriously studying the Central American crisis. My only critic however is that the book deals primarily with Nicarágua and El Salvador, and tends to forget Guatemala and Honduras in some crucial moments. This is a great book and it should be bought by everyone who is interested in the contemporary history of Latin America.
Rating: 5
Summary: An exhaustive account of US policy in Central America.
Comment: Leogrande documents the strong role the United States played in El Salvador and Nicaragua during the civil wars in these countries. He apologizes for excluding Guatemala because that would make his necessarily long work even longer. The actions of all players - the CIA, State Department, National Security Council, the Sandinistas, the Contras, the FLMN (Salvadoran rebels), the Organization of American States (OAS), and many others - are presented in a detailed narrative which illuminates the extraordinarily intricate background behind the headlines. As such it shows the tremendous power, resources and determination the United States has for controlling events south of its border. Though lengthy, I found this book extremely absorbing for I experienced history coming alive on its pages. Leogrande has produced a valuable work which will no doubt appear on any major bibliography on US policy in Central America.
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Title: The United States and Latin America: The New Agenda by Victor Bulmer-Thomas, James Dunkerley ISBN: 0674925963 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The African Dream: The diaries of the Revolutionary War in the Congo by Ernesto Guevara, Patrick Camiller, Richard Gott, Aleida Guevara March, Ernesto "Che" Guevara ISBN: 0802138349 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 07 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976 by Piero Gleijeses ISBN: 0807854646 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 24 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Unfinished Business : America and Cuba after the Cold War, 1989-2001 by Morris Morley, Chris McGillion ISBN: 0521520401 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 16 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Shattered Hope by Piero Gleijeses ISBN: 0691025568 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 28 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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