| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 111.4

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| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 111.4 | The History Cooperative

Stephen G. Rabe. U.S. Intervention in British Guiana: A Cold War Story. (The New Cold War History.) Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 2005. Pp. 240. $19.95.
The diplomatic history of the Cold War in Latin America is replete with tales of hypocrisy and misapplied power. Purporting to be an international sponsor of sovereignty and democratic self-determination, the United States habitually undercut those principles in the name of national security interests and a desire to circumvent Soviet expansion. The resulting tragedies in countries such as Guatemala, Nicaragua, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic have been chronicled by two generations of historians.	1
Stephen G. Rabe's book reinforces these points as it shines a bright academic light on what has been a forgotten corner of Latin American and diplomatic history. British Guiana is a place that exemplifies the ongoing tragedy of colonialism compounded by American Cold War malfeasance. The deliberate campaign waged by U.S. policy makers against the government of Cheddi Jagan, and the consequences faced by Guyanese citizens to this very day, constitute one of the more shameful episodes in modern American history.	. . .

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