Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Soviet interest in Latin America; 2. 'Communist subversion' in Latin America? The impact of Marxist thought; 3. Castro's Cuba - 'a gift to the Russians'? The Soviet-Cuban embrace, 1959–1962; 4. The Soviet-Cuban balancesheet; 5. 'Socialism with red wine …' Moscow and Chile's Popular Unity experiment; 6. The Soviet Union and the major Latin American powers; 7. The USSR and the Central American crisis; 8. Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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This book examines the Soviet presence and purposes in Latin America.