The pragmatic face of the covert idealist: the role of Allen Dulles in US policy discussions on Latin America, 1953–61

Assessments of the CIA’s role in Latin America during the 1950s have tended to focus predominantly on the twin case-studies of Guatemala and Cuba. Consequently, the Agency’s role – and, more broadly, that of its head Allen Dulles – has come to be seen as one obsessed with covert action and relativel...

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Main Author: Sewell, Bevan
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis 2011
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33030/