Precarious paths to freedom : the United States, Venezuela, and the Latin American Cold War / Aragorn Storm Miller.

Author/creator Miller, Aragorn Storm, 1972- author.
Format Book
PublicationAlbuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2016]
Descriptionxxi, 278 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Cold War.
United States--Foreign relations. --Venezuela.
Venezuela--Foreign relations. --United States.
United States--Foreign relations. --1953-1961.
United States--Foreign relations. --1961-1963.
United States--Foreign relations. --1963-1969.
Venezuela--Foreign relations. --1958-1974.

Contents New looks & new nationalisms, 1956-1959 -- The contest for a new political order: the last stand of the Caribbean right wing & the triumph of liberal nationalism, 1959-1961 -- Contesting liberalism: Kennedy, Betancourt, & the newest left in Latin America, 1960-1963 -- Sharpening swords & ideas: Washington, Caracas, & the deepening insurgency -- A coalescing center & splintering radicalism, 1966-1967 -- "It is difficult to take up arms, but at times more difficult to release them": the twilight of the guerrilla war, 1967-1968.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index.
LCCN 2015029024
ISBN9780826356871 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0826356877 (cloth : alk. paper)