A Century of Revolution: Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Violence during Latin America’s Long Cold War

Published by Duke University Press 2010

A Century of Revolution

Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Violence during Latin America’s Long Cold War

Edited by: Gilbert M. Joseph , Greg Grandin and Emily S. Rosenberg
With contributions by: Friedrich Katz and Jocelyn Olcott

In the series American encounters/global interactions

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822392859

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About this book

A collection exploring the ideological hardening and accelerated polarization that marked twentieth-century Latin America and its epochal cycles of revolutionary and counterrevolutionary violence.

Author / Editor information

Greg Grandin is Professor of History at New York University. He is the author of Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City, a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and The Blood of Guatemala: A History of Race and Nation, also published by Duke University Press.

Gilbert M. Joseph is the Farnam Professor of History and International Studies at Yale University. He is the author of Revolution from Without: Yucatan, Mexico, and the United States, 1880–1924, and a co-editor of In from the Cold: Latin America’s New Encounter with the Cold War and The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics, all also published by Duke University Press.

Reviews

“The abstract rejection of violence is one of the pillars of today’s hegemonic liberal ideology, and is paradoxically used to legitimize the most brutal forms of actual violence. This is why this outstanding book not only offers an excellent study of the Latin American revolutionary process, but has universal relevance. Its precise analysis of the necessary role of emancipatory violence against the violence of the system itself brings a breath of fresh air into the stale moralism of the liberal Left. A much-needed awakening from our humanitarian dogmatic dream!”—Slavoj Žižek

“Showcasing the work of a remarkable group of scholars, this collection provides a sweeping reinterpretation of Latin America’s twentieth century and a thought-provoking intervention into our understanding of the history and meaning of political violence.”—Laurent Dubois, author of Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution

-- Paulo Drinot Cold War History

-- Alejandro Quintana History: Reviews of New Books

-- Michael Gobat Hispanic American Historical Review

-- Arthur Schmidt A Contracorriente

-- Kristen Weld Latin American Research Review

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Living in Revolutionary Time Coming to Terms with the Violence of Latin America’s Long Cold War Greg Grandin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE: The First Cold War
Violence and Terror in the Russian and Mexican Revolutions Friedrich Katz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Mueras y matanza Spectacles of Terror and Violence in Postrevolutionary Mexico Jocelyn Olcott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
On the Road to “El Porvenir” Revolutionary and Counterrevolutionary Violence in El Salvador and Nicaragua Jeffrey L. Gould Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Ránquil Violence and Peasant Politics on Chile’s Southern Frontier Thomas Miller Klubock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
PART TWO: The Cuban Conjuncture
The Trials Violence and Justice in the Aftermath of the Cuban Revolution Michelle Chase Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Beyond Paradox Counterrevolution and the Origins of Political Culture in the Cuban Revolution, 1959–2009 Lillian Guerra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
PART THREE: The Weight of the Night
The Furies of the Andes Violence and Terror in the Chilean Revolution and Counterrevolution Peter Winn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
A Headlong Rush into the Future Violence and Revolution in a Guatemalan Indigenous Village Carlota Mcallister Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	276
“People’s War,” “Dirty War” Cold War Legacy and the End of History in Postwar Peru Gerardo Rénique Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
The Cold War That Didn’t End Paramilitary Modernization in Medellín, Colombia Forrest Hylton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	338
Reflections
You Say You Want a Counterrevolution Well, You Know, We All Want to Change the World Corey Robin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
Thoughts on Violence and Modernity in Latin America Neil Larsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381
Conclusions
Latin America’s Long Cold War A Century of Revolutionary Process and U.S. Power Gilbert M. Joseph Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397
History as Containment An Interview with Arno J. Mayer Greg Grandin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	415
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	423
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	427

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 456
Illustrations
- Other: 17 illustrations, 1 map

eBook

Published: October 21, 2010
ISBN: 9780822392859