The tricontinental revolution : Third World radicalism and the Cold War / edited by R. Joseph Parrott, Mark Atwood Lawrence. - 1 online resource (xvii, 365 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in US foreign relations . - Cambridge studies in US foreign relations. .

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Open Access.

The Tricontinental Revolution provides a major reassessment of the global rise and impact of Tricontinentalism, the militant strand of Third World solidarity that defined the 1960s and 1970s as decades of rebellion. Cold War interventions highlighted the limits of decolonization, prompting a generation of global South radicals to adopt expansive visions of self-determination. Long associated with Cuba, this anti-imperial worldview stretched far beyond the Caribbean to unite international revolutions around programs of socialism, armed revolt, economic sovereignty, and confrontational diplomacy. Linking independent nations with non-state movements from North Vietnam through South Africa to New York City, Tricontinentalism encouraged marginalized groups to mount radical challenges to the United States and the inequitable Euro-centric international system. Through eleven expert essays, this volume recenters global political debates on the priorities and ideologies of the Global South, providing a new framework, chronology, and tentative vocabulary for understanding the evolution of anti-imperial and decolonial politics.

9781009004824 (ebook)


Decolonization--History--Developing countries--20th century.
Revolutions--History--Developing countries--20th century.
Cold War.


Developing countries--Foreign relations--20th century.
Developing countries--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Developing countries.

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