Americas in Transition Series

Year Published: 1982

Complete Record: Provides an introduction to U.S. relations with Latin American an the underlying causes of unrest, examining the roots of military dictatorships, attempts at democracy, communists influences, and the role of the United States. Looks at the history of U.S. involvement in Nicaragua and the support for the Samoza dictatorship, in the 1954 CIA-instigated coup in Guatemala, the 1961 Cuban Bay of Pigs invasion, the 1965 intervention of 20,000 U.S. Marines in the Dominican Republic, the 1973 overthrow of the democratically elected Allende government in Chile, and the current U.S. military assistance to the government of El Salvador.