LIBROS DEL AUTOR: stephen grabe

4 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: stephen grabe

  • U.S. Intervention in British Guiana
    Stephen G. Rabe / Stephen GRabe
    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 becom...
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    44,68 €

  • The Most Dangerous Area in the World
    Stephen G. Rabe / Stephen GRabe
    In March 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced the formation of the Alliance for Progress, a program dedicated to creating prosperous, socially just, democratic societies throughout Latin America. Over the next few years, the United States spent nearly $20 billion in pursuit of the Alliance’s goals, but Latin American economies barely grew, Latin American societies remained...
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    54,48 €

  • Eisenhower and Latin America
    Stephen G. Rabe / Stephen GRabe
    Stephen Rabe’s timely book examines President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Latin American policy and assesses the president’s actions in light of recent 'Eisenhower revisionism.'During his first term, Eisenhower paid little attention to Latin America but his objective there was clear: to prevent communism from gaining a foothold. The Eisenhower administration was prepared to coopera...
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    54,58 €

  • The Road to OPEC
    Stephen G. Rabe / Stephen GRabe
    On September 10, 1960, Venezuela spearheaded the formation of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (other original members included Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait). However, in a world abundantly supplied with oil, the United States could and did ignore Venezuelan suggestions that OPEC and the consuming nations work together to control production and to incre...
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    33,52 €