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...Ralph Lee Woodward, Jr. Don Pepe: A Political Biography of José Figueres of Costa Rica . By Ameringer Charles D. . Albuquerque , 1978 . University of New Mexico Press . Map. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. x , 324 . Cloth. $16.50 . Copyright 1980 by Duke University Press...

...Richard V. Salisbury Democracy in Costa Rica . By Ameringer Charles D. . Foreword by Wesson Robert . New York : Praeger Publishers , 1982 . Tables. Figures. Map. Index. Bibliography . Pp. xi , 138 . Cloth . $19.95 . Copyright 1983 by Duke University Press 1983...

...Alejandro de la Fuente The Cuban Democratic Experience: The Auténtico Years, 1944–1952 . By Ameringer Charles D. . Gainesville : University Press of Florida , 2000 . Notes. Bibliography. Index . 229 pp. Cloth , $49.95 . Copyright 2001 by Duke University Press 2001...

...Lester D. Langley The Caribbean Legion: Patriots, Politicians, Soldiers of Fortune, 1946-1950 . By Ameringer Charles D. . University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press , 1996 . Photograph. Map. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index . vii , 180 pp. Cloth , $35.00 . Paper...

... one can pay Latin America's Democratic Crusade is to recognize Allen Wells's ambitious tome as a successor to Charles Ameringer's foundational The Democratic Left in Exile: The Antidictatorial Struggle in the Caribbean, 1945–1959 (1974). In the 1970s, Ameringer had to rely on newspapers...

... dedicated to José Figueres, and replete with references to his career, could fail to cite Charles D. Ameringer’s political biography of Figueres. One also looks in vain for reference to a number of excellent doctoral dissertations on the Costa Rican revolutionary decade and its aftermath. In short, I...

...Charles D. Ameringer This is a scholar’s book that makes heavy demands on the reader. Because it is intelligent and provocative, it will stimulate a great deal of work in Costa Rican history and historiography and will itself occupy a central place in the literature. Making a strong...

...Charles D. Ameringer Permeating Suriname’s political turmoil has been its economic condition. Suriname was once relatively well off; today it is dirt poor. Dew tries to explain why, guided by the concern that for Suriname’s own good “the more unfortunate and unpleasant experiences” in its...

...Charles D. Ameringer This is a most useful book for students of politics and makers of policy. For historians, it will have a longer shelf life, meaning that it provides good source material for future studies of Central American affairs and particularly for assessing the policies of the Reagan...

...Charles D. Ameringer The Sparrow and the Hawk: Costa Rica and the United States during the Rise of José Figueres . By Longley Kyle . Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press , 1997 . Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. viii, 239 pp. Paper , $29.95 . Copyright 1998 by Duke...

...Charles D. Ameringer Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Governors of the English-Speaking Caribbean and Puerto Rico: Conversations and Correspondence . Edited by Alexander Robert J. . Westport, Conn. : Praeger , 1997 . Bibliography. Index , xi , 292 pp. Cloth , $65.00...

...Charles D. Ameringer Colossus Challenged: The Struggle for Caribbean Influence . Edited by Erisman H. Michael and Martz John D. . Boulder : Westview Press , 1982 . Notes. Tables. Index . Pp. x , 260 . Cloth . $16.50 . Copyright 1983 by Duke University Press 1983...

...Charles D. Ameringer Radical Thought in Central America . By Liss Sheldon B. . Boulder : Westview Press , 1991 . Map. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xi , 290 pp. Cloth . $45.00 . Copyright 1992 by Duke University Press 1992 Intellectual historians are scarce in the Latin...

...Charles D. Ameringer The book is strong as a digest and in its presentation, but is quite thin in basic research and analysis. Somewhat as the chemistry teacher who admires (and envies) Mr. Wizard for what he does, I respect the author’s abilities, but I cannot recommend his work as serious...

...Charles D. Ameringer Since this study is a doctoral dissertation, it lacks some polish and bears the scars of having to satisfy that most diabolical of man’s creations, the doctoral committee, but this is only a minor defect. In fact, the committee should be congratulated for encouraging Dr...

...Charles D. Ameringer Hombres de la Compañía Guipuzcoana . By de Amézaga Aresti Vicente . Prologue by Grases Pedro . Caracas , 1963 . Banco Central de Venezuela . Colección Histérico-Económica Venezolana, Vol. IX . Tables. Appendices. Notes. Index . Pp. xxvi , 395 . Paper...

...Charles D. Ameringer Dr. Planas-Suárez is an interesting statesman-scholar, who has seen a lot and has commented upon it in a most articulate manner. In his scholarly writings Dr. Planas-Suárez would have to be classified as a realist. He seems to admire the idea of the rule of law, but he...

...Charles D. Ameringer La antigua provincia del Socorro y la independencia . By Plata Horacio Rodríguez . Bogotá , 1963 . Publicaciones Editoriales Bogotá. Academia Colombiana de Historia . Biblioteca de Historia Nacional. Vol. XCVIII . Notes. Illustrations. Index . Pp. xv , 807...

...Charles D. Ameringer Estado fuerte o caudillo . By Laserna Mario . Bogotá , 1961 . Ediciones Mito . Pp. 239 . Paper. Copyright 1965 by Duke University Press 1965 This is not a work in history, but rather a series of seven political and philosophical essays severely...

...Charles D. Ameringer Las primera misiones diplomáticas de Venezuela, I, II . By Mendoza Cristóbal L. . Madrid , 1962 . Ediciones Guadarrama . Documents. Index . Pp. Vol. I : 469 ; Vol. II : 413 . Paper. Copyright 1965 by Duke University Press 1965 Scholars and students...