ABSTRACT

This book examines the intellectual problem of Latin American poverty, and discusses some of the explanations scholars have traditionally used to account for it. It focuses on its political and military dimensions of revolution and counterrevolution in the postwar era.

chapter 1|16 pages

Introduction: Why is Latin America Poor?

part I|58 pages

Historical Latin America

chapter 2|20 pages

A People of Conquest

chapter 3|19 pages

The Colonial Centuries

chapter 4|21 pages

Progress and Populism

part II|58 pages

Revolution and Counterrevolution

chapter 5|20 pages

Nationalism and the Military Response

chapter 6|20 pages

Revolution in Central America

chapter 7|19 pages

Christianity and Counterinsurgency

part III|60 pages

Contemporary Latin America

chapter 8|21 pages

The Politics of Control

chapter 9|19 pages

Big Money: Debt and Wealth Extraction

chapter 10|20 pages

Latin America in Perpetual Crisis

chapter |6 pages

Epilogue: A Strange World