The Hovering Giant (Revised Edition): U.S. Responses to Revolutionary Change in Latin America, 1910-1985

by Cole Blasier

Book Overview

In the first edition of The Hovering Giant, Cole Blasier analyzed U.S. response to revolutions in Latin America from Madero in Mexico to Allende in Chile. He explained why U.S. leaders sponsored paramilitary units to overthrow revolutionary governments in Guatemala and Cuba and compromised their own differences with revolutionary governments in Mexico and Bolivia. The protection of private U.S. interests was part of the explanation, but Blasier gave...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822953722
• ISBN13: 9780822953722
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.4"