6. Revolutionary Bolivia Puts On a Uniform: The 1964 Bolivian Coup d’État

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. List of Abbreviations xvii
5. Map of South America, Early 1960s xx
6. Map of Bolivia, Early 1960s xxi
7. Introduction: Ideology as Strategy 1
8. 1. Modernization’s Heavy Hand: The Triangular Plan for Bolivia 10
9. 2. Development as Anticommunism: The Targeting of Bolivian Labor 39
10. 3. “Bitter Medicine”: Military Civic Action and the Battle of Irupata 67
11. 4. Development’s Detractors: Miners, House wives, and the Hostage Crisis at Siglo XX 98
12. 5. Seeds of Revolt: The Making of an Antiauthoritarian Front 131
13. 6. Revolutionary Bolivia Puts On a Uniform: The 1964 Bolivian Coup d’État 159
14. Conclusion: Development and Its Discontents 189
15. Notes 197
16. Bibliography 243
17. Index 263