Durham, N.C. ; London : Duke University Press, 2010.

443 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

American encounters/global interactions

American encounters/global interactions.

Based on a 3-day international conference entitled "Rethinking Latin America's century of revolutionary violence", Yale University, May 2003.

Living in revolutionary time : coming to terms with the violence of Latin America's long Cold War / Greg Grandin -- Pt.1 The first Cold War : Violence and terror in the Russian and Mexican revolutions / Friedrich Katz -- Mueras y matanza : spectacles of terror and violence in postrevolutionary Mexico / Jocelyn Olcott -- On the road to "El Porvenir" : revolutionary and counterrevolutionary violence in El Salvador and Nicaragua / Jeffrey L. Gould -- Ránquil : violence and peasant politics on Chile's southern frontier / Thomas Miller Klubock -- Pt.2 The Cuban conjuncture : The trials : violence and justice in the aftermath of the Cuban revolution / Michelle Chase -- Beyond paradox : counterrevolution and the origins of political culture in the Cuban revolution, 1959-2009 / Lillian Guerra -- Pt.3 The weight of the night : The furies of the Andes : violence and terror in the Chilean revolution and counterrevolution / Peter Winn -- A headlong rush into the future : violence and revolution in a Guatemalan indigenous village / Carlota McAllister -- "People's war," "dirty war" : Cold War legacy and the end of history in postwar Peru / Geraldo Rénique -- The Cold War that didn't end : paramilitary modernization in Medellín, Colombia / Forrest Hylton -- Reflections : You say you want a counterrevolution : well, you know, we all want to change the world / Corey Robin -- Thoughts on violence and modernity in Latin America / Neil Larsen -- Conclusions : Latin America's long Cold War : a century of revolutionary process and U.S. power / Gilbert M. Joseph -- History as containment : an interview with Arno J. Mayer / Greg Grandin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Revolutions -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century.

Political violence -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century.

Terrorism -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century.

Latin America -- Politics and government -- 20th century.

Grandin, Greg, 1962-

Joseph, G. M. (Gilbert Michael), 1947-

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