New looks & new nationalisms, 1956-1959 -- The contest for a new political order: the last stand of the Caribbean right wing & the triumph of liberal nationalism, 1959-1961 -- Contesting liberalism: Kennedy, Betancourt, & the newest left in Latin America, 1960-1963 -- Sharpening swords & ideas: Washington, Caracas, & the deepening insurgency -- A coalescing center & splintering radicalism, 1966-1967 -- "It is difficult to take up arms, but at times more difficult to release them": the twilight of the guerrilla war, 1967-1968
Summary
Miller analyzes US-Venezuelan relations during the 1950s and 1960s as a case study for the broader political dynamics of the hemisphere and beyond during the critical period of the global Cold War
