Making Peace in Drug Wars
Making Peace in Drug Wars

Author: Benjamin Lessing

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1107199638

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State crackdowns on drug cartels often backfire, producing entrenched 'cartel-state conflict'; deterrence approaches have curbed violence but proven fragile. This book explains why.

Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America
Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America

Author: Dirk Kruijt

Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.

Published: 2017-01-01

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1783608056

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The Cuban revolution served as a rallying cry to people across Latin America and the Caribbean. The revolutionary regime has provided vital support to the rest of the region, offering everything from medical and development assistance to training and advice on guerrilla warfare. Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America is the first oral history of Cuba’s liberation struggle. Drawing on a vast array of original testimonies, Dirk Kruijt looks at the role of both veterans and the post-Revolution fidelista generation in shaping Cuba and the Americas. Featuring the testimonies of over sixty Cuban officials and former combatants, Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America offers unique insight into a nation which, in spite of its small size and notional pariah status, remains one of the most influential countries in the Americas.

United States Army Unilateral and Coalition Operations in the 1965 Dominican Republic Intervention
United States Army Unilateral and Coalition Operations in the 1965 Dominican Republic Intervention

Author: Lawrence M. Greenberg

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13:

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This study is an examination of 1965 intervention into the Dominican Republic by US forces, primarily from the 82d Airborne Division. Although this study covers the actual armed intervention and subsequent fighting between Dominican rebels and American soldiers, it also delves into the political and strategic reasons behind President Johnson's ordering the military action. As part of this political overview, the report addresses the role of the Organization of American States, the Inter-American Peace Force, and of several Latin nations who participated in the 18 month long intervention. As a part of his presentation, the author highlights the importance of many non-military roles and functions performed by key players to speed the Dominican Civil War to a negotiated close and bring the nation back on the road toward democratic government.

Reclaiming Latin America
Reclaiming Latin America

Author: Doctor Steve Ludlam

Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.

Published: 2013-07-04

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1848137648

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Reclaiming Latin America is a one-stop guide to the revival of social democratic and socialist politics across the region. At the end of the Cold War, and through decades of neoliberal domination and the 'Washington Consensus' it seemed that the left could do nothing but beat a ragged retreat in Latin America. Yet this book looks at the new opportunities that sprang up through electoral politics and mass action during that period. The chapters here warn against over-simplification of the so-called 'pink wave'. Instead, through detailed historical analysis of Latin America as a whole and country-specific case studies, the book demonstrates the variety of approaches to establishing a lasting social justice. From the anti-imperialism of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas in Venezuela, Bolivia and Cuba, to the more gradualist routes being taken in Chile, Argentina and Brazil, Reclaiming Latin America gives a real sense of the plurality of political responses to popular discontent.

Natural Resource Governance, Grievances and Conflict
Natural Resource Governance, Grievances and Conflict

Author: Janine Romero Valenzuela

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-07-17

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 3658272368

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Janine Romero Valenzuela analyses the Bolivian lithium program in the largest empirical study to date with a focus on local perspectives and governance, identifying grievances and conflict dimensions. The case study shows that it is particularly an altered governance approach, the local trust in government and the high expectations that the Morales administration could create around lithium that influence local viewpoints. By applying the meaningful grievance concept on the local level, the book supports a further refinement of theories on a resource-governance-conflict-link.

Government-supported Research International Affairs; Research Completed and in Progress July 1969-June 1970
Government-supported Research International Affairs; Research Completed and in Progress July 1969-June 1970

Author: Allan E. Suchinsky

Publisher:

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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The document describes current research projects -- those initiated, in progress, and completed during fiscal year 1970 -- in the social and behavioral sciences dealing with international affairs, foreign areas, and United States foreign policy for the use, primarily, of research officers throughout the Government. The research descriptions are arranged by subject matter, with cross-references as appropriate at the end of each section. (Author).