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grubnubble's review
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Oftentimes a seemingly endless list of acronyms and conference names, this book tries so hard to be unbiased and not favor capitalism or communism. But as a *history writer*, this author should know that we are all biased! You’re supposed to be biased! Stand up for what you believe is right and then make it clear what your bias is. This whole tradition of “neutrality” in history is BS and you know it.
Also, for the love of god why are we still conflating democracy with capitalism and also Stalinism/Marxist-Leninism with communism? Communism is the most democratic thing ever, and being a communist doesn’t mean you support Stalin. And there seemed to be a strange use of the term anti-communist as well. It took me a while to catch on that this author was using his own definitions for these terms.
This book would be best used as a general review as far as events in Latin America go. Specifically the Mexican revolution and the Cuban revolution. The content is supplemental at best, unless you are really looking for a list of poets who attended some semi-socialist conference in Brasil in 1956 (no there probably wasn’t one but guess what, like most of what was in this book, I DONT CARE).
Also, for the love of god why are we still conflating democracy with capitalism and also Stalinism/Marxist-Leninism with communism? Communism is the most democratic thing ever, and being a communist doesn’t mean you support Stalin. And there seemed to be a strange use of the term anti-communist as well. It took me a while to catch on that this author was using his own definitions for these terms.
This book would be best used as a general review as far as events in Latin America go. Specifically the Mexican revolution and the Cuban revolution. The content is supplemental at best, unless you are really looking for a list of poets who attended some semi-socialist conference in Brasil in 1956 (no there probably wasn’t one but guess what, like most of what was in this book, I DONT CARE).
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