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Revolution And Reaction: The Diffusion Of Authoritarianism In Latin America - 9781108728836
Cambridge University Press
ISBN13:
9781108728836
$40.73
Why did so many Latin American leftists believe they could replicate the Cuban Revolution in their own countries, and why did so many rightists fear the spread of Communism? Cognitive-psychological insights about people's distorted inferences and skewed interest calculations explain why the left held exaggerated hopes and why the right experienced excessive dread. The resulting polarization provoked a powerful backlash in which the right uniformly defeated the left. To forestall the feared spread of revolution, the military in many countries imposed authoritarian regimes and brutally suppressed left-wingers. Overly worried about the advance of Cuban-inspired radicalism as well, the United States condoned and supported the installation of dictatorship, but Latin American elites took the main initiative in these regressive regime changes. With a large number of primary and secondary sources, this book documents how the misperceptions on both sides of the ideological divide thus played a crucial role in the frequent destruction of democracy.
- | Author: Kurt Weyland
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: May 09, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 320 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1108728839
- | ISBN-13: 9781108728836
- Author:
- Kurt Weyland
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:
- May 09, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 320 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1108728839
- ISBN-13:
- 9781108728836