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U.S. Catholic Press on Central America: From Cold War Anticommunism to Social Justice Hardcover - 2003

by Edward T. Brett


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The U.S. Catholic Press On Central America traces the remarkable transformation in reporting on Central America by popular Catholic periodicals in the second half of the twentieth century. In the 1950s writers for these periodicals vigorously opposed the Arbenz government in Guatemala. Influenced by McCarthyism, secular media coverage, and reports from the archdiocese of Guatemala City, they called on the U.S. government to overthrow the Arbenz regime before its communism infected the Americas. Just fifteen years later, these same writers were lamenting the collapse of the reformist Arbenz government and calling for the U.S. to reassess its policies toward the entire Central American isthmus. What caused such a dramatic shift? In the first half of his compelling study, Edward T. Brett emphasizes the importance of U.S. missionaries in this evolutionary process. He carefully explains the effect of the murders of Archbishop Romero, the four U.S. churchwomen, and the six Jesuits and their housekeepers in El Salvador on reporting in Catholic journals. The second half of the book details the responses of the transformed U.S. Catholic press to the crises arising in Central America in

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  • Title U.S. Catholic Press on Central America: From Cold War Anticommunism to Social Justice
  • Author Edward T. Brett
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Notre Dame Press
  • Date 2003-02
  • ISBN 9780268043414 / 0268043418
  • Weight 1.28 lbs (0.58 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.34 x 1.05 in (24.13 x 16.10 x 2.67 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
    • Religious Orientation: Catholic
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Theometrics: Catholic
  • Library of Congress subjects Press, Catholic - United States, Central America - Press coverage - United
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002013121
  • Dewey Decimal Code 070.449

About the author

Edward T. Brett is professor of history at La Roche College. He is the author or co-author of a number of books, including The U.S. Catholic Press on Central America: From Cold War Anticommunism to Social Justice (University of Notre Dame Press, 2003).

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