The CIA in Ecuador

• Main Author: Becker, Marc
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as part of Sustainable History Monograph Pilot 2021; Duke University Press
• Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions
• Subjects: Andes; Andes; History; Book Industry Communication; HISTORY; History and Archaeology; History of the Americas; Humanities; International Relations; Latin America; Latin American studies; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Politics; Politics & government; Politics and government; Regional & national history; Society & social sciences; Society and Social Sciences; South America; thema EDItEUR; U.S. History; U.S. History; Politics

In The CIA in Ecuador, Marc Becker draws on recently released US government surveillance documents on the Ecuadorian left to chart social movement organizing efforts during the 1950s. Emphasizing the competing roles of the domestic ruling class and grassroots social movements, Becker details the str...