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Observing our hermanos de armas : U.S. military attaches in Guatemala, Cuba, and Bolivia, 1950-1964
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Observing our hermanos de armas : U.S. military attaches in Guatemala, Cuba, and Bolivia, 1950-1964 / Robert O. Kirkland.
ISBN
0203507959
0415947847
1135936579
1135936617
1135936625
1138977365
6610076162
9780203507957
9780415947848
9781135936570
9781135936617
9781135936624
9781138977365
9786610076161
0415947847
Published
New York : Routledge, ©2003.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 178 pages) : illustrations.
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English.
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Summary
This study analyzes the effectiveness of the US military attache corps in Latin America from the end of World War II to the Johnson administration.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Kirkland, Robert O., 1966- Observing our hermanos de armas. New York, N.Y. : Routledge, ©2003
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
Latin American studies. Social sciences and law
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171) and index.
Contents
The Attache Corps in the Pre-Cold War Era, 1888-1945
The Attaches, Their Duties, Responsibilities, Education, Training, and Attitudes, 1945-1964
U.S. Attaches, Guatemala, and the Overthrow of Jacobo Arbenz, 1950-1954
U.S. Attaches and the Cuban Revolution, 1952-1958
U.S. Attaches and the Bolivian MNR, 1958-1964
Conclusions
Appendix One: Hypothesis: Why Potential Generals Don't Want to Be Attaches
Appendix Two: Expected Levels of Absolute Speaking and Reading Proficiency in Languages Taught at the Foreign Service Institute
Appendix Three: Absolute Language Proficiency Ratings.
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