Christopher Neal

Rebel Scribe

Carleton Beals and the Progressive Challenge to U.S. Policy in Latin America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

American journalist Carleton Beals's combative reporting of U.S. intervention in Latin America from Mexico to Cuba in the 20th century won him millions of readers. The Rebel Scribe tells his story in a way that sheds new light on Western Hemisphere history while also showing how probing journalism drives change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hamilton Books
• Seitenzahl: 390
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 563g
• ISBN-13: 9780761873105
• ISBN-10: 0761873104
• Artikelnr.: 62924283

Autorenporträt

Christopher Neal was a freelance journalist in Latin America in the 1980s, who later managed communications in the region for the World Bank. He has a Masters of International Policy and Practice from George Washington University, where he concentrated on U.S. foreign policy in Latin America.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Conscientious Objector Heads South
Chapter 2: Rags to Respect in Mexico City
Chapter 3: Witness to Rising Benito Mussolini
Chapter 4: Return to Mexico
Chapter 5: Revolutionary and Literary Adventures from Manhattan to Mexico
Chapter 6: Sandino's Mythmaker
Chapter 7: Mexican Maze
Chapter 8: The Crime of Cuba
Chapter 9: Fire and Love on the Andes
Chapter 10: Crossing Swords with Trotsky and the American Left
Chapter 11: Wartime Visions of America North and South
Chapter 12: Hitting a Wall
Chapter 13: Second Act in Cuba
Chapter 14: Radical in Winter
Chapter 15: A Stranded Ghost's Journalistic Legacy
Bibliography
Additional Sources: Articles, Newspapers, Magazines, New Agencies, and
Interviews
About the Author
Index