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America's backyard

the United States and Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to the War on Terror

By Grace Livingstone

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Publish Date

2009

Publisher

Zed Books,Latin America Bureau,Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan

Language

eng

Pages

270

Description:

The United States has shaped Latin American history, condemning it to poverty and inequality by intervening to protect the rich and powerful. America's Backyard tells the story of that intervention. Using newly declassified documents, Grace Livingstone reveals the US role in the darkest periods of Latin American history, including Pinochet's coup in Chile, the Contra War in Nicaragua and the death squads in El Salvador.