University of North Carolina Press
U.S. Intervention in British Guiana: A Cold War Story
U.S. Intervention in British Guiana: A Cold War Story
Regular price
$33.95 USD
Regular price
Sale price
$33.95 USD
Unit price
per
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Couldn't load pickup availability
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 become a communist nation under the leadership of Cheddi Jagan, a Marxist who was very popular among the South Asian (mostly Indian) majority. Although to this day the CIA refuses to confirm or deny involvement, Rabe presents evidence that CIA funding, through a program run by the AFL-CIO, helped foment the labor unrest, race riots, and general chaos that led to Jagan's replacement in 1964. The political leader preferred by the United States, Forbes Burnham, went on to lead a twenty-year dictatorship in which he persecuted the majority Indian population.
Considering race, gender, religion, and ethnicity along with traditional approaches to diplomatic history, Rabe's analysis of this Cold War tragedy serves as a needed corrective to interpretations that depict the Cold War as an unsullied U.S. triumph.
Author: Stephen G. Rabe
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.26w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9780807856390
Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2006 pg. 2063
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 become a communist nation under the leadership of Cheddi Jagan, a Marxist who was very popular among the South Asian (mostly Indian) majority. Although to this day the CIA refuses to confirm or deny involvement, Rabe presents evidence that CIA funding, through a program run by the AFL-CIO, helped foment the labor unrest, race riots, and general chaos that led to Jagan's replacement in 1964. The political leader preferred by the United States, Forbes Burnham, went on to lead a twenty-year dictatorship in which he persecuted the majority Indian population.
Considering race, gender, religion, and ethnicity along with traditional approaches to diplomatic history, Rabe's analysis of this Cold War tragedy serves as a needed corrective to interpretations that depict the Cold War as an unsullied U.S. triumph.
Author: Stephen G. Rabe
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.26w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9780807856390
Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2006 pg. 2063
About the Author
Rabe, Stephen G.: - Stephen G. Rabe is professor of history at the University of Texas at Dallas and author or coauthor of several books, including The Most Dangerous Area in the World: John F. Kennedy Confronts Communist Revolution in Latin America.
