INCLUDES INDEX.

Latin America as a pawn of the world powers (1945-1950) -- The impact of the Korean War (1950-1953) -- The Guatemalan Crisis (1953-1954) -- Prelude to the Cuban Revolution (1959-1960) -- The Cuban Revolution (1959-1690) -- The Crisis of the Bay of Pigs (1961-1962) -- Diplomatic climax: the conference of Punta del Este (1962) -- Military climax: The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) -- The aftermath of the Missile Crisis -- The Venezuelan Crisis (1963-1964) -- Crisis in the Dominican Republic (1965-1966) -- The rise of the Guerrilla (1965-1967) -- The decline of the Guerrilla (1967-1968) -- Towards a new diplomacy.