Silent warrior: the Marine sniper's Vietnam story continues

Author: Henderson, Charles

Title: Silent warrior: the Marine sniper's Vietnam story continues

Published: New York: Berkley Books, 2000

Description: xvi, 286 p. ; 24 cm.

Note: Companion book to: Marine sniper

Subject(s):

• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Commando operations
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Biography
• United States. Marine Corps -- Biography
• Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
• Hathcock, Carlos

Review(s):

• "SILENT WARRIOR: The Marine Sniper's Story Continues." Publishers Weekly 247.38 (Sept 18, 2000): 102

Read: February 2001

Spreading the American dream: American economic and cultural expansion, 1890-1945

Author: Rosenberg, Emily S.

Title: Spreading the American dream: American economic and cultural expansion, 1890-1945

Published: New York: Hill and Wang, 1982

Description: xi, 258 p. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 235-250

Subject(s):

• United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 1865-1921
• United States -- Foreign economic relations

Review(s):

• "Spreading the American dream." Library Journal 107 (May 1, 1982): 888
• "Spreading The American Dream." Business History Review 56 (Autumn 1982): 444

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The CIA in Guatemala: the foreign policy of intervention

Author: Immerman, Richard H.

Title: The CIA in Guatemala: the foreign policy of intervention

Published: Austin: University of Texas Press, 1982

Description: x, 291 p. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 259-277

Subject(s):

• United States -- Foreign relations -- Guatemala
• Guatemala -- Foreign relations -- United States
• United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Review(s):

• Magil, A.B. "The CIA in Guatemala: the foreign policy of intervention." Science & Society 51.n2 (Summer 1987): 216

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A rebel in Cuba: an American's memoir

Author: Macaulay, Neill

Title: A rebel in Cuba: an American's memoir

Published: Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1970

Description: 199 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Cuba -- History -- 1933-1959
• Cuba -- History, Military
• Macaulay, Neill

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The sparrow and the hawk: Costa Rica and the United States during the rise of José Figueres

Author: Longley, Kyle

Title: The sparrow and the hawk: Costa Rica and the United States during the rise of José Figueres

Published: Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1997

Description: xiv, 239 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Bibliography: p. 211-231

Subject(s):

• United States -- Foreign relations -- Costa Rica
• Costa Rica -- Foreign relations -- United States
• Figueres Ferrer, José

Review(s):

• Ameringer, Charles D. "The Sparrow and the Hawk: Costa Rica and the United States During the Rise of Jose Figueres." Hispanic American Historical Review 78.1 (Feb 1998): 147
• Leonard, Thomas M. "The Sparrow and the Hawk: Costa Rica and the United States During the Rise of Jose Figueres." Journal of Latin American Studies 31.1 (Feb 1999): 221
• Pach, Chester. "The Sparrow and the Hawk: Costa Rica and the United States During the Rise of Jose Figueres." Journal of American History 85.n1 (June 1998): 301

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The night watch

Author: Phillips, David Atlee

Title: The night watch

Published: New York: Atheneum, 1977

Description: 309 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Spies -- Biography
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Latin America
• Latin America -- Foreign relations -- United States
• United States. Central Intelligence Agency
• Phillips, David Atlee

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Bitter fruit: the story of the American coup in Guatemala

Author: Schlesinger, Stephen C.

Title: Bitter fruit: the story of the American coup in Guatemala

Published: Boston: Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 1999

Description: xxviii, 331 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Bibliography: p. 304-316

Subject(s):

• Guatemala -- History -- Revolution, 1954
• Guatemala -- Foreign relations -- United States
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Guatemala
• United Fruit Company

Review(s):

• Dosal, P.J. "Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, and: Secret History: The CIAs Classified Account of its Operations in Guatemala, 1952-1954." Hispanic American Historical Review 80.3 (August 1, 2000): 633

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Managing democracy in Central America: a case study: United States election supervision in Nicaragua, 1927-1933

Author: Dodd, Thomas J.

Title: Managing democracy in Central America: a case study: United States election supervision in Nicaragua, 1927-1933

Published: New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 1992

Description: v, 161 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Elections -- Nicaragua -- History -- 20th century
• Election monitoring -- Nicaragua -- History -- 20th century
• Nicaragua -- Foreign relations -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Nicaragua -- History -- 20th century
• Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1909-1937

Review(s):

• Macaulay, Neill. "Managing Democracy in Central America: A Case Study of United States Election Supervision in Nicaragua, 1927-1933." Hispanic American Historical Review 73.n4 (Nov 1993): 730
• Leonard, Thomas M. "Managing Democracy in Central America. A Case Study: United States Election Supervision in Nicaragua, 1927-1933." Americas: A Quarterly Review of Inter-American Cultural History 50.n4 (April 1994): 580
• Adams, Jan S. "Managing Democracy in Central America: A Case Study: United States Election Supervision in Nicaragua, 1927-1933." Social Science Quarterly 75.n3 (Sept 1994): 700

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In the shadow of the giant: the making of Mexico's Central America policy, 1876-1930

Author: Buchenau, Jürgen

Title: In the shadow of the giant: the making of Mexico’s Central America policy, 1876-1930

Published: Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1996

Description: xviii, 287 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 261-274

Subject(s):

• Central America -- Foreign relations -- Mexico
• Mexico -- Foreign relations -- Central America
• Mexico -- Foreign relations -- 1867-1910
• Mexico -- Foreign relations -- 1910-1946
• Central America -- Foreign relations
• United States -- Relations

Review(s):

• Grieb, Kenneth J. "In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of Mexico's Central America Policy, 1876/1930." The Historian 61.2 (Wntr 1999): 410
• Spenser, Daniela. "In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of Mexico's Central American Policy, 1876-1930." Hispanic American Historical Review 78.n2 (May 1998): 368
• Langley, Lester D. "In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of Mexico's Central America Policy, 1876-1930." American Historical Review 103.n2 (April 1998): 628

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The things they carried: a work of fiction

Author: O'Brien, Tim

Title: The things they carried: a work of fiction

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 1991, 1990

Description: 273 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject(s):

• Vietnamese War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Fox, Wade. "The Things They Carried." Whole Earth Review n86 (Fall 1995 n86): 58
• Wesley, Marilyn. "Truth and fiction in Tim O'Brien's If I Die in a Combat Zone and The Things They Carried." College Literature 29.2 (Spring 2002): 1

Read: July 2000

Once a warrior king: memories of an officer in Vietnam

Author: Donovan, David

Title: Once a warrior king: memories of an officer in Vietnam

Published: New York: Ballantine Books, 1986, 1985

Description: viii, 339 p. ; 18 cm.

Subject(s):

• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
• Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
• United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography
• Donovan, David

Review(s):

• Herring, George C. "Once a warrior king: memories of an officer in Vietnam." Journal of American History 73 (June 1986): 152
• "Once a warrior king: memories of an officer in Vietnam." Library Journal 110 (June 1, 1985): 121

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Fire from the mountain: the making of a Sandinista

Author: Cabezas, Omar

Title: Fire from the mountain: the making of a Sandinista

Published: New York: Crown, 1985

Description: xiii, 233 p. ; 22 cm.

Note: Translated by Kathleen Weaver

Subject(s):

• Guerrillas -- Nicaragua -- Biography
• Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional -- Biography
• Cabezas, Omar

Review(s):

• Legeay, Stephen P. "Fire from the mountain: the making of a Sandinista." Contemporary Sociology 16.n3 (May 1987): 352

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Everybody had his own gringo: the CIA & the Contras

Author: Garvin, Glenn

Title: Everybody had his own gringo: the CIA & the Contras

Published: Washington, DC: Brassey's, 1992

Description: xvi, 288 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• United States. Central Intelligence Agency
• Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional
• Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense
• Counterrevolutionaries -- Nicaragua -- History
• Counterrevolutions -- Nicaragua -- History
• Military assistance, American -- Nicaragua
• Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1979-1990

Review(s):

• Rhodes, James A. "Everybody Had His Own Gringo: The CIA and the Contras." Library Journal 117.n5 (March 15, 1992): 106

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The war of the end of the world

Author: Vargas Llosa, Mario

Title: The war of the end of the world

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 1997

Description: 568 p. ; 20 cm.

Note: Translated by Helen R. Lane

Subject(s):

• Brazil -- History -- Canudos Campaign, 1893-1897 -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Hooper, Brad. "The War of the End of the World." Booklist 96.15 (April 1, 2000): 1443

Read: January 2000

Once a legend: "Red Mike" Edson of the Marine Raiders

Author: Hoffman, Jon T.

Title: Once a legend: "Red Mike" Edson of the Marine Raiders

Published: Novato: Presidio, 1994

Description: xvi, 434 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 417-427

Subject(s):

• United States. Marine Corps -- Biography
• Generals -- United States -- Biography
• Edson, Merritt

Review(s):

• "Once a legend: "Red Mike" Edson of the Marine Raiders." Publishers Weekly 241.n23 (June 6, 1994): 52

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Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler and the contradictions of American military history

Author: Schmidt, Hans

Title: Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler and the contradictions of American military history

Published: Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1987

Description: x, 292 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 281-284

Subject(s):

• Generals -- United States -- Biography
• United States. Marine Corps -- Biography
• Butler, Smedley D. (Smedley Darlington)

Review(s):

• Millett, Allan R. "Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History." Journal of American History 75.n2 (Sept 1988): 661
• Healy, David. "Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History." American Historical Review 94.n1 (Feb 1989): 228

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Close encounters of empire: writing the cultural history of U.S.-Latin American relations

Title: Close encounters of empire: writing the cultural history of U.S.-Latin American relations

Published: Durham: Duke University Press, 1998

Description: xv, 575 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Note: Edited by Gilbert M. Joseph, Catherine C. LeGrand, and Ricardo D. Salvatore; with a foreword by Fernando Coronil

Subject(s):

• Latin America -- Relations -- United States
• United States -- Relations -- Latin America
• Latin America -- Civilization -- American influences

Review(s):

• Dwyer, John J. "Close Encounters of Empire: Writing the Cultural History of U.S.-Latin American Relations." The Historian 63.1 (Fall 2000): 152
• Delpar, Helen. "INTER-AMERICAN RELATIONS AND ENCOUNTERS: Recent Directions in the Literature." Latin American Research Review 35.3 (Summer 2000): 155
• Spenser, D. "Rural Revolt in Mexico: U.S. Intervention and the Domain of Subaltern Politics, and: Close Encounters of Empire: Writing the Cultural History of U.S.-Latin American Relations, and: The Dictator Next Door: The Good Neighbor Policy and the Trujillo Regime in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1945." Hispanic American Historical Review 80.1 (Feb 1, 2000): 146

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The banana wars: an inner history of American empire, 1900-1934

Author: Langley, Lester D.

Title: The banana wars: an inner history of American empire, 1900-1934

Published: Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1983

Description: viii, 255 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 245-249

Subject(s):

• Caribbean Area -- Foreign relations -- United States
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Caribbean Area
• Caribbean Area -- Military relations -- United States
• United States -- Military relations -- Caribbean Area
• Caribbean Area -- History
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century

Review(s):

• Glasgow, Roy Arthur. "The banana wars: an inner history of American empire, 1900-1934." Latin American Research Review 22.n1 (Jan 1987): 241

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Inevitable revolutions: the United States in Central America

Author: LaFeber, Walter

Title: Inevitable revolutions: the United States in Central America

Published: New York: Norton, 1993

Description: xi, 452 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 413-419

Subject(s):

• Revolutions -- Central America
• Central America -- Foreign relations -- United States
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Central America

Review(s):

• Langley, Lester D. "Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America." Political Science Quarterly 108.n4 (Winter 1993): 731

Read: October 1999

Sandino: the testimony of a Nicaraguan patriot: 1921-1934

Title: Sandino: the testimony of a Nicaraguan patriot: 1921-1934

Published: Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990

Description: xxii, 516 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Note(s): "Based on the expanded 1984 edition of Sandino’s writings assembled and edited by Sergio Ramírez and published in Managua in two volumes under the title El pensamiento vivo." Edited and translated, with an introduction and additional selections by Robert Edgar Conrad

Subject(s):

• Revolutionaries -- Nicaragua -- Biography
• Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1909-1937
• Nicaragua -- History -- Revolution, 1926-1929
• Sandino, Augusto César
  

Review(s):

• Macaulay, Neill. "Sandino: The Testimony of a Nicaraguan Patriot, 1921-1934." Hispanic American Historical Review 71.n2 (May 1991): 397
• Braun, Herbert. "Sandino: The Testimony of a Nicaraguan Patriot, 1921-1934." The Journal of Military History 56.n3 (July 1992): 514

Read: September 1999