num_pages: 466
description: This book explains the history of US/Central American relations, explaining why these countries have remained so overpopulated, illiterate and violent; and why US government notions of economic and military security combine to keep in place a system of Central American dependency. This second edition is updated to include new material covering the Reagan and Bush years, and the Iran/Contra affair.
language: English
title: Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America
titlecomplete: Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America
genres: International Relations, History, Politics, American History, World History, War, Nonfiction, Latin American History, United States, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 352
awards: name: Gustavus Meyers Prize
publisher: W.W. Norton & Company