The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War
The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War
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最后的殖民大屠杀：冷战中的拉丁美洲
DOI：
10.7208/chicago/9780226306872.001.0001
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发表时间：
2004
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Greg Grandin
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作者：
Greg Grandin
在经历了几十年的流血和政治恐怖之后，许多人对拉美左翼的崛起感到惋惜。自从卡斯特罗取得胜利以来，政治家和历史学家一直指责古巴的左派拒绝民主，信奉共产主义极权主义，并引发了革命暴力和右翼的反弹。通过前所未有的档案研究和扣人心弦的个人证词，格雷格·格兰丁在这部经典作品中有力地挑战了这些观点。在此过程中，他揭开了拉丁美洲冷战隐藏的历史：保守的反动派抓住了他们的权力和特权；玛雅马克思主义者将本土的正义观念与普遍的平等观念相融合；以及美国在整个地区支持新型的国家恐怖主义。以危地马拉为例，格兰丁认为拉丁美洲的冷战不是政治自由主义和苏联共产主义之间的斗争，而是两种民主愿景之间的斗争——一种是充满活力的平等主义，另一种是不温不热的不平等主义——冲突的主要影响是消除了本土的社会民主观念。《最后的殖民大屠杀》是一部历史上最高的著作，它将戏剧性地重塑我们对拉丁美洲政治以及美国在冷战及冷战后的角色的理解。
After decades of bloodshed and political terror, many lament the rise of the left in Latin America. Since the triumph of Castro, politicians and historians have accused the left there of rejecting democracy, embracing communist totalitarianism, and prompting both revolutionary violence and a right-wing backlash. Through unprecedented archival research and gripping personal testimonies, Greg Grandin powerfully challenges these views in this classic work. In doing so, he uncovers the hidden history of the Latin American Cold War: of hidebound reactionaries holding on to their power and privilege; of Mayan Marxists blending indigenous notions of justice with universal ideas of equality; and, of a United States supporting new styles of state terror throughout the region. With Guatemala as his case study, Grandin argues that the Latin American Cold War was a struggle not between political liberalism and Soviet communism but two visions of democracy - one vibrant and egalitarian, the other tepid and unequal - and that the conflict's main effect was to eliminate homegrown notions of social democracy. Updated with a new preface by the author and an interview with Naomi Klein, "The Last Colonial Massacre" is history of the highest order - a work that will dramatically recast our understanding of Latin American politics and the role of the United States in the Cold War and beyond.