false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176791055m/654731.jpg 654731 2 <div>After decades of bloody revolutions and political terror, many scholars and politicians lament the rise and brief influence of the left in Latin America; since the triumph of Castro they have accused the left there of rejecting democracy, embracing Communist totalitarianism, and prompting both revolutionary violence and a right-wing backlash. <i>The Last Colonial Massacre</i> challenges these views.<br><br>Using Guatemala as a case study, Greg Grandin argues that the Cold War in Latin America was a struggle not between American liberalism and Soviet Communism but between two visions of democracy. The main effect of United States intervention in Latin America, Grandin shows, was not the containment of Communism but the elimination of home-grown concepts of social democracy.<br><br>Through unprecedented archival research and gripping personal testimonies, Grandin uncovers the hidden history of the Latin American Cold War: of hidebound reactionaries intent on holding on to their own power and privilege; of Mayan Marxists, blending indigenous notions of justice with universal ideas of freedom and equality; and of a United States supporting new styles of state terror throughout the continent. Drawing from declassified U.S. documents, Grandin exposes Washington's involvement in the 1966 secret execution of more than thirty Guatemalan leftists, which, he argues, prefigured the later wave of disappearances in Chile and Argentina.<br><br>Impassioned but judicious, <i>The Last Colonial Massacre</i> is history of the highest order&#8212;a work that will dramatically recast our understanding of Latin American politics and the triumphal role of the United States in the Cold War and beyond.</div> 640834 15 9 2004 The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War total:22|5:6|4:10|3:4|2:1|1:1| 22 85 36 3 2 0 false false Sat Feb 16 22:11:45 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 17 11:35:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 04 07:56:48 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 08:05:26 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 14:03:32 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 05 08:38:14 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 23 10:37:54 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 10:37:54 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 13:00:05 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 13:00:05 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 04 18:13:53 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 18:13:53 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 09 19:10:58 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 22:27:23 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 19:10:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 20 16:09:40 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 16:09:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Aug 21 07:04:28 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 07:04:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 13 13:09:50 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 13:09:50 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Aug 08 22:16:07 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 22:16:07 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Aug 05 21:33:14 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 21:33:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 09 18:14:28 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 18:14:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 08 14:41:45 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 14:41:53 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Feb 16 10:07:22 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 10:07:22 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 22 09:13:09 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 09:13:09 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Dec 14 12:42:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 12:42:00 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sat Dec 13 19:35:59 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 19:36:06 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 07 08:47:43 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 25 16:06:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 02 03:45:14 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 03:45:14 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=654731