Managing the counterrevolution
Subtitle: the United States and Guatemala, 1954-1961
By: Stephen M. Streeter.
Series: Research in international studies.; no. 34
Publisher: Ohio University Center for International Studies
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Counterrevolutionaries -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century; Imperialism -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Relations -- Guatemala; Guatemala -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961; Guatemala -- History -- Revolution, 1954; Guatemala -- Politics and government -- 1945-1985
Description: "The Eisenhower administration's intervention in Guatemala is one of the most closely studied covert operations in the history of the Cold War. Yet we know far more about the 1954 coup itself than its aftermath. This book uses the concept of "counterrevolution" to trace the Eisenhower administration's efforts to restore U.S. hegemony in a nation whose reform government had antagonized U.S. economic interests and the local elite.".

"In comparing the Guatemalan case to U.S.-sponsored counterrevolutions in Iran, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, and Chile, Streeter finds that Washington's efforts to roll back "communism" in Latin America and elsewhere during the Cold War represented in reality a short-term strategy to protect core American interests from the rising tide of Third World nationalism."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-370) and index.