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Bolivian Revolution and the United States, 1952 to the Present

  • ISBN-13: 9780271037806
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By James F. Siekmeier
  • Price: AUD $67.99
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  • Local release date: 03/03/2011
  • Format: Paperback 224 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]
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A study of United States-Bolivian in the post-World War II era. Explores attempts by Bolivian revolutionary leaders to both secure United States assistance and to obtain time and space to develop their policies and plans.


Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 .The Early Years

2. The Bolivian Revolution and the United States

3. The Splintering of the Revolution

4. The Rebellion in the Countryside

5. Bolivia’s Line in the Sand

6. The Revolution’s Long Shadow

Conclusion: Another Round of Tension

Appendix: U.S. Economic Assistance to Bolivia

Bibliography

Index


“The book is a valuable contribution to the historiography on the Bolivian Revolution, US–Bolivian relations, and US relations with Latin America, and should compel a rethinking of several long-held assumptions.”

—Kevin Young, Bulletin of Latin American Research

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