Architects of Intervention The United States, the Third World, and the Cold War, 1946-1962 |
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| Author:
| Karabell, Zachary |
| Series title: | Eisenhower Center Studies on War and Peace Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8071-2341-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1999 |
| Publisher: | LSU Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.95 |
Book Description:
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In telling the story of seven of the most significant U.S. interventions in the third world during the key cold-war years 1946?1962, Zachary Karabell reveals in
Architects of Intervention a complex interplay between the American government and third-world actors in designing U.S. policy in their respective countries. Cold-war historians have tended to stress the decisions made in Washington (or alternately Moscow) and their effect on the third world, but Karabell, making use of...
More DescriptionIn telling the story of seven of the most significant U.S. interventions in the third world during the key cold-war years 1946?1962, Zachary Karabell reveals in Architects of Intervention a complex interplay between the American government and third-world actors in designing U.S. policy in their respective countries. Cold-war historians have tended to stress the decisions made in Washington (or alternately Moscow) and their effect on the third world, but Karabell, making use of recently declassified CIA documents, assigns a roughly equal role to third-world countries as architects both of their own histories and of the international system of the cold war. Looking at U.S. interventions in Greece, Italy, Iran, Guatemala, Lebanon, Cuba, and Laos, Karabell offers a major new understanding of U.S. foreign relations history that bears significant implications for present-day policymaking.