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In 1912 the United States sent troops into a Nicaraguan civil war, solidifying a decades-long era of military occupations in Latin America driven by the desire to rewrite the political rules of the hemisphere. In this definitive account of the resistance to the three longest occupations-in Nicaragua, Haiti, and theâŠ
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1 author picked The Invaded as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Professor McPhersonâs stellar history paints an incredibly rich portrait of protracted U.S. interventionsâthe Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nicaragua, most criticallyâduring the so-called Banana Wars in the first decades of the 20th century. This painstaking researched and lucidly penned tome demands that we take the Latin American side of the story when we study the searing history of Uncle Sam interventionism.Â
From Russell's list on The best books on U.S. involvement in Latin America.
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