Revolutionaries for the right anticommunist internationalism and paramilitary warfare in the Cold War
"Freedom fighters. Guerrilla warriors. Soldiers of fortune. The many civil wars and rebellions against communist governments drew heavily from this cast of characters. Yet from Nicaragua to Afghanistan, Vietnam to Angola, Cuba to the Congo, the connections between these anticommunist groups hav...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press
[2018]
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| Colección: | The New Cold War history
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991005581119706719 |
| Sumario: | "Freedom fighters. Guerrilla warriors. Soldiers of fortune. The many civil wars and rebellions against communist governments drew heavily from this cast of characters. Yet from Nicaragua to Afghanistan, Vietnam to Angola, Cuba to the Congo, the connections between these anticommunist groups have remained hazy and their coordination obscure. Yet as Kyle Burke reveals, these conflicts were the product of a rising movement that sought paramilitary action against communism worldwide. Tacking between the United States and many other countries, Burke offers an international history not only of the paramilitaries who started and waged small wars in the second half of the twentieth century but of conservatism in the Cold War era"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 351 pàgines ; 25 cm Also issued online |
| Bibliografía: | Inclou bibliografia i índex |
| ISBN: | 9781469640730 |
