Precarious paths to freedom : the United States, Venezuela, and the Latin American Cold War

Precarious paths to freedom : the United States, Venezuela, and the Latin American Cold War / Aragorn Storm Miller.

Author/creator	Miller, Aragorn Storm, 1972- author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2016]
Description	xxi, 278 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Cold War. United States--Foreign relations --Venezuela. Venezuela--Foreign relations --United States. United States--Foreign relations --1953-1961. United States--Foreign relations --1961-1963. United States--Foreign relations --1963-1969. Venezuela--Foreign relations --1958-1974.

Contents	New looks & new nationalisms, 1956-1959 -- The contest for a new political order: the last stand of the Caribbean right wing & the triumph of liberal nationalism, 1959-1961 -- Contesting liberalism: Kennedy, Betancourt, & the newest left in Latin America, 1960-1963 -- Sharpening swords & ideas: Washington, Caracas, & the deepening insurgency -- A coalescing center & splintering radicalism, 1966-1967 -- "It is difficult to take up arms, but at times more difficult to release them": the twilight of the guerrilla war, 1967-1968.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index.
LCCN	2015029024
ISBN	9780826356871 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0826356877 (cloth : alk. paper)