Contents

pp vii-viii

Preface

pp ix-xii

Acknowledgments

pp xiii-xiv

Introduction

pp 1-4

Part I - Soviet perceptions of Latin America's global role

pp 5-6

Introduction

pp 7-8

1 - Soviet perceptions of US–Latin American relations

pp 9-39

2 - Latin America's role in the capitalist division of labor

pp 40-46

3 - Latin America's role in the Third World

pp 47-52

4 - Soviet views on Latin America's regional integration

pp 53-62

5 - Soviet conclusions regarding Latin America's ability to conduct an independent foreign policy

pp 63-66

Part II - Soviet perceptions of Latin American social structures

pp 67-68

Introduction

pp 69-71

6 - The Latin American church

pp 72-86

7 - The Latin American armed forces

pp 87-109

8 - Latin American labor unions

pp 110-118

9 - Bourgeois political parties

pp 119-134

10 - Wars of national liberation or peaceful transformation?

pp 135-148

Part III - Soviet–Latin American relations during the Brezhnev era

pp 149-150

Introduction

pp 151-154

11 - Case study: Mexico

pp 155-159

12 - Case study: Chile

pp 160-167

13 - Case study: Brazil and Argentina

pp 168-178

Part IV - Conclusion: the emerging Soviet perception of Latin America and the future of Soviet policy toward the hemisphere

pp 179-180

Conclusions

pp 181-187

Epilogue – Latin America: the Long March

pp 188-202

Notes

pp 203-228

Bibliography

pp 229-244

Index

pp 245-253