The Price of Progress: Guatemala and the United States During the Alliance for Progress

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dc.contributor.advisorAguirre, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorBedan, John
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-11T22:28:31Z
dc.date.available2019-01-11T22:28:31Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-11
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation is an examination of US-Guatemalan relations during the 1960's. At that time, the United States was promoting a major developmental program throughout Latin America: The Alliance for Progress. A "Marshall Plan for Latin America" the Alliance was meant to modernize the region by promoting democratic institutions, invigorating local economies, and expanding access to education and medical care. In Guatemala, however, anticommunist dogma prevailed over the lofty rhetoric of the Alliance for Progress. Instead of becoming the promised "showcase for democracy", Guatemala was transformed into a garrison-state engulfed in a long, violent civil war. This history will reconstruct these events and explain how even policies crafted with the best of intentions can end in tragedy.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/24200
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectAlliance for Progressen_US
dc.subjectForeign Policyen_US
dc.subjectGuatemalaen_US
dc.subjectKennedyen_US
dc.subjectUnited Statesen_US
dc.subjectYdigorasen_US
dc.titleThe Price of Progress: Guatemala and the United States During the Alliance for Progress
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of History
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.leveldoctoral
thesis.degree.namePh.D.

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