{"product_id":"the-fbi-in-latin-america-9780822369592","title":"The FBI in Latin America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe largely unknown story of the FBI’s surveillance operations in Latin America during the 1940s provides new insights into leftist organizations and the nature of the U.S.’s imperial ambitions in the western hemisphere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Becker’s fine study fills a void in the historical record of US-Latin American relations. . . . Highly recommended.\" -- A. J. Dunar * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"Becker has done extensive research for this book, and his close examination and analysis of the documentary record left behind by FBI, CIA and State Department surveillance of Ecuador are both apparent and appreciated. . . . This is an interesting, well-researched text.\" -- Courteney J. O'Connor * LSE Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\"An exciting and ambitious effort. Students of Ecuador (and Latin America, more broadly) and US foreign policy, as well as policing and intelligence, will learn a great deal from this book.\" -- Stuart Schrader * Radical Americas *\u003cbr\u003e\"Sourcing is excellent...this book stands as an excellent example of how historians can mine FBI files for information beyond the bureau.\" -- Douglas M. Charles * Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003e\"Highly original and well-researched account . . .   An interesting and detailed history of the mid-century Ecuadorian left.\" -- Max Paul Friedman * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *\u003cbr\u003e\"This book stands as an excellent example of how historians can mine FBI files for information beyond the bureau.\" -- Douglas M. Charles * Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003e\"A model for the innovative use of primary sources to explore multiple perspectives in history. . . . Becker deftly balances background information with detail and analysis, making the work useful and readable for scholars from many different fields. . . . Essential reading for scholars interested in twentieth-century Ecuadorian history, the history of the Latin American left, or the history of US surveillance in Latin America.\" -- Erin E. O'Connor * The Americas *\u003cbr\u003e\"Marc Becker's \u003ci\u003eThe FBI in Latin America \u003c\/i\u003eadds an important dimension to our understanding of U.S. interventions in Latin America . . . .Becker’s work is an important contribution to the historiography of U.S.-Latin American relations, groundbreaking in the sense that it puts the FBI (not the CIA) at the heart of the earliest intelligence gathering by an agency of the U.S. government.\" -- Kenneth Kincaid * Against the Current *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe FBI in Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling history that will no doubt spawn similar studies on other countries in the region. Through the use of a fascinating and revealing set of sources, Becker is able to capture a particularly important moment in the emergence of the US as a post-WWII imperial power while simultaneously enriching our understanding of the Latin American left on the eve of its Cold War demise. This well-written book will be of considerable interest to students and scholars of Latin America, US foreign policy, the Cold War, and the political left.\" -- Steve Striffler * Canadian Journal of History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  vii\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations  xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. FBI  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. SIS  17\u003cbr\u003e 2. Communism  53\u003cbr\u003e 3. Labor  95\u003cbr\u003e 4. La Gloriosa  125\u003cbr\u003e 5. Constitution  157\u003cbr\u003e 6. Coup  193\u003cbr\u003e 7. Departures  223\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. Cold War  249\u003cbr\u003e Notes   259\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography   299\u003cbr\u003e Index  311","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406106206551,"sku":"9780822369592","price":98.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822369592.jpg?v=1730494550","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-fbi-in-latin-america-9780822369592","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}