Author: Stephen G. Rabe
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807876968
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
In the first published account of the massive U.S. covert intervention in British Guiana between 1953 and 1969, Stephen G. Rabe uncovers a Cold War story of imperialism, gender bias, and racism. When the South American colony now known as Guyana was due to gain independence from Britain in the 1960s, U.S. officials in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations feared it would become a communist nation under the leadership of Cheddi Jagan, a Marxist who was very popular among the South Asian (mostly Indian) majority. Although to this day the CIA refuses to confirm or deny involvement, Rabe presents evidence that CIA funding, through a program run by the AFL-CIO, helped foment the labor unrest, race riots, and general chaos that led to Jagan's replacement in 1964. The political leader preferred by the United States, Forbes Burnham, went on to lead a twenty-year dictatorship in which he persecuted the majority Indian population. Considering race, gender, religion, and ethnicity along with traditional approaches to diplomatic history, Rabe's analysis of this Cold War tragedy serves as a needed corrective to interpretations that depict the Cold War as an unsullied U.S. triumph.
U.S. Intervention in British Guiana
Author: Stephen G. Rabe
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807876968
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
In the first published account of the massive U.S. covert intervention in British Guiana between 1953 and 1969, Stephen G. Rabe uncovers a Cold War story of imperialism, gender bias, and racism. When the South American colony now known as Guyana was due to gain independence from Britain in the 1960s, U.S. officials in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations feared it would become a communist nation under the leadership of Cheddi Jagan, a Marxist who was very popular among the South Asian (mostly Indian) majority. Although to this day the CIA refuses to confirm or deny involvement, Rabe presents evidence that CIA funding, through a program run by the AFL-CIO, helped foment the labor unrest, race riots, and general chaos that led to Jagan's replacement in 1964. The political leader preferred by the United States, Forbes Burnham, went on to lead a twenty-year dictatorship in which he persecuted the majority Indian population. Considering race, gender, religion, and ethnicity along with traditional approaches to diplomatic history, Rabe's analysis of this Cold War tragedy serves as a needed corrective to interpretations that depict the Cold War as an unsullied U.S. triumph.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807876968
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
In the first published account of the massive U.S. covert intervention in British Guiana between 1953 and 1969, Stephen G. Rabe uncovers a Cold War story of imperialism, gender bias, and racism. When the South American colony now known as Guyana was due to gain independence from Britain in the 1960s, U.S. officials in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations feared it would become a communist nation under the leadership of Cheddi Jagan, a Marxist who was very popular among the South Asian (mostly Indian) majority. Although to this day the CIA refuses to confirm or deny involvement, Rabe presents evidence that CIA funding, through a program run by the AFL-CIO, helped foment the labor unrest, race riots, and general chaos that led to Jagan's replacement in 1964. The political leader preferred by the United States, Forbes Burnham, went on to lead a twenty-year dictatorship in which he persecuted the majority Indian population. Considering race, gender, religion, and ethnicity along with traditional approaches to diplomatic history, Rabe's analysis of this Cold War tragedy serves as a needed corrective to interpretations that depict the Cold War as an unsullied U.S. triumph.
British Guiana
Author: John BRUMELL
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guyana
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guyana
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
British Guiana
Author: Great Britain. British Guiana Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guyana
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guyana
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
The Official Gazette of British Guiana
Author: British Guiana
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guyana
Languages : en
Pages : 1626
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guyana
Languages : en
Pages : 1626
Book Description
The History of British Guiana
Author: Henry G. Dalton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
A Description of British Guiana, Geographical and Statistical
Author: Robert Hermann Schomburgk
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guyana
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guyana
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Growing up in Guyana Formerly British Guiana
Author: Wipey
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532038429
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
My purpose was to share some of my life experiences as I grew up in British Guiana and Guyana. My memoir is in no way a complete autobiography of my life, but just a brief synopsis of some of my cherished years.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532038429
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
My purpose was to share some of my life experiences as I grew up in British Guiana and Guyana. My memoir is in no way a complete autobiography of my life, but just a brief synopsis of some of my cherished years.
The Law Reports of British Guiana
Author: British Guiana. Supreme Court
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Who is Who in British Guiana - 1945 - 1948
Author: Erwin Brewster
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 132985991X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
A transcription of a text published in British Guiana in 1948 listing 4351 individuals together with their occupations and some details of their accomplishments. This directory must have been very useful at the time of its original publication, but after nearly 70 years is of little if any practical commercial value. It has been reproduced purely for the purpose of informing current and future generations in Guyana of their ancestors and their accomplishments. From a genealogical perspective therefore, it may serve some useful purpose.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 132985991X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
A transcription of a text published in British Guiana in 1948 listing 4351 individuals together with their occupations and some details of their accomplishments. This directory must have been very useful at the time of its original publication, but after nearly 70 years is of little if any practical commercial value. It has been reproduced purely for the purpose of informing current and future generations in Guyana of their ancestors and their accomplishments. From a genealogical perspective therefore, it may serve some useful purpose.
The Development of Land Law in British Guyana
Author: Fenton H. Ramsahoye
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780379002805
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780379002805
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description