In Review
Israel and Latin America: The Military Connection by Bishara Bahbah. St. Martins Press, 1986, 210 pp. $27.50 (cloth); $12.95 (paper). A concise summary of the Israeli arms industry and its...
...Based on media, government and other sources, this chronicle documents crucial events since 1980...
...Third in a series, this chronology documents U.S.-Honduran relations and the impact of U.S...
...Although Bahbah deals with the entire continent, case studies of Ecuador and Argentina are particularly useful and unique...
...Over 400 entries with references for further research...
...Bergquist argues that most historians of Latin America have failed to appreciate the nature and decisive role of labor in the region and attempts to set up a comparative analytical model to fill in the gaps...
...Warner Books, 1987, 678 pp., $5.95 (paper...
...7 (paper...
...No Simple Proxy: Israel in Central America by Jane Hunter...
...The book details the role of and rationale behind Israeli policy as well as the obstacles which it presents to opponents of U.S...
...Two weeks before Somoza's downfall, Israel was the only country to sell the Nicaraguan dictator bombs and arms...
...It's No Secret: Israel's Military Involvement in Central America by Milton Jamail and Margo Gutierrez...
...Examines the cotton and beef export booms of the 1950s which exacerbated social tensions and eventually contributed to popular unrest and revolution in the 1970s and 1980s...
...The book includes descriptive statistics, rich illustrative case studies, anecdotes and attractive photographs from the 1940s to the present...
...Association of Arab-American University Graduates, 1986, 117 pp., $10 (paper...
...South End Press, 1987, 200 pp...
...25 (cloth...
...Israeli Foreign Policy: South Africa and Central America by Jane Hunter...
...policy in the region...
...9.95 (paper...
...20057...
...The Gravedigger and Other Stories by Ram6n Ferreira...
...Export Agriculture and the Crisis in Central America by Robert G. Williams...
...Labor in Latin America by Charles Bergquist...
...The Central American Historical Institute, 1986, $5 (paper...
...Economic History of Puerto Rico: Institutional Change and Capitalist Development by James L. Dietz...
...The authors thoroughly document Israeli involvement in the region and analyze the motivations behind it, paying special attention to the "Cold War factor...
...20 (paper...
...University of North Carolina Press, 1986, 257 pp...
...14.95 (paper...
...Dealing with themes such as racial prejudice, tensions between homosexuals and heterosexuals, poverty, betrayal and political opportunism, Ferreira's work explores the darker range of human emotions, yet affirms hope in life and love...
...Williams shows how cotton and beef expansion produced ecological problems, broke down traditional landlord-peasant relations and created a class of landless laborers...
...Hunter expands the material from No Simple Proxy, adding South Africa to her analysis...
...They conclude that the U.S...
...29.95 (cloth...
...The essays provide a good overview on the historiography of each country, as well as rich historical detail...
...The Chronology: The Documented Day by Day Account of the Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Contras by the National Security Archive...
...Washington Middle East Associates, 1987, 113 pp...
...Pergamon-Brassey's, 1985, 240 pp...
...From Banana Cases to Contra Bases: A Chronology of U.S.-Honduran Relations January 1977-July 1986...
...Cotton and cattle each "did more than the Soviets or the Cubans could have dreamed of doing in preparing Central America for revolution...
...A concise summary of the Israeli arms industry and its need for foreign markets is coupled with an in-depth account of the effect of Israeli sales on Latin America...
...8 (paper...
...Waterfront Press, 1986, 215 pp...
...Everything you ever wanted to know about the current scandal...
...8.95 (paper...
...With case studies and sophisticated comparative analysis, the author argues that the Kissinger Commission and other proponents of export-led development ignore the fact that economic growth policies of the 1960s destabilized the region in the long run...
...18.95 (cloth...
...65 (cloth...
...Princeton University Press, 1986, 337 pp...
...An Israeli arms sales specialist supportive of his government's weapons policies, Klieman studies this complex and important industry in detail...
...government has resisted discussion on Israel's role to discourage debate on U.S...
...policy in the region...
...39.50 (cloth...
...A thorough, clearly written history covering the period from the Spanish conquest to the present...
...Israel's Global Reach: Israeli Arms Sales as Diplomacy by Aaron Klieman...
...A well-researched, readable and important contribution to an understanding of how Israel and the United States cooperate and compete in two key areas of the Third World...
...In this summary of the last two decades of Israeli-U.S.-Central American relations, Hunter argues that Israel is not merely a surrogate for the United States...
...Today, Israel remains one of the major suppliers for the contras, as well as for the Guatemalan and Salvadorean governments...
...Although weak on Third World data, the book is invaluable for understanding the Israeli weapons trade...
...Available from the Central American Historical Institute, Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C...
...Explores the correlation between export structure, labor and the left in Chile, Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia...
...policy on Honduran society...
...Stanford University Press, 1986, 397 pp...
...Includes useful charts and extensive index for cross-referencing...
...12 MARCH/APRIL 1987 A novella and 13 stories depicting the underside of life in Cuba from 1950 to 1960...
...While Dietz focuses on economic change, he has a deep appreciation of people as historical actors and provides excellent analyses of how political processes influence labor systems and productive structures...
Vol. 21 • March 1987 • No. 2
