U.S. Intervention in British Guiana: A Cold War Story

by Stephen G. Rabe

Book Overview

In the first published account of the massive U.S. covert intervention in British Guiana between 1953 and 1969, Stephen G. Rabe uncovers a Cold War story of imperialism, gender bias, and racism.

When the South American colony now known as Guyana was due to gain independence from Britain in the 1960s, U.S. officials in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations feared it would become a communist nation under the leadership of Cheddi Jagan, a Marxist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807856398
• ISBN13: 9780807856390
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"