{"product_id":"eclipse-of-the-assassins-the-cia-imperial-politics-and-the-slaying-of-mexican-journalist-manuel-buendia-hardcover","title":"Eclipse of the Assassins: The CIA, Imperial Politics, and the Slaying of Mexican Journalist Manuel Buendia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRussell H. Bartley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a stellar, courageous work of investigative journalism and historical scholarship--grippingly told, meticulously documented, and doggedly pursued over thirty years. Tracking a Cold War confrontation that has compromised the national interests of both Mexico and the United States, \u003ci\u003eEclipse of the Assassins\u003c\/i\u003e exposes deadly connections among historical events usually remembered as isolated episodes. \u003cbr\u003e Authors Russell and Sylvia Bartley shed new light on the U.S.-instigated \"dirty wars\" that ravaged all of Latin America in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s and reveal--for the first time--how Mexican officials colluded with Washington in its proxy \u003ci\u003econtra\u003c\/i\u003e war against the Sandinista government of Nicaragua. They draw together the strands of a clandestine web linking: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe assassination of prominent Mexican journalist Manuel Buendía\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe torture and murder of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Iran-Contra scandal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea major DEA sting against key CIA-linked Bolivian, Panamanian, and Mexican drug traffickers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCIA-orchestrated suppression of investigative journalists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecriminal collusion of successive U.S. and Mexican administrations that has resulted in the unprecedented power of drug kingpins like \"El Chapo\" Guzmán.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ci\u003eEclipse of the Assassins\u003c\/i\u003e places a major political crime--the murder of Buendía--in its full historical perspective and shows how the dirty wars of the past are still claiming victims today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Best books for public \u0026amp; secondary school libraries from university presses, American Library Association\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell H. Bartley is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He worked as a correspondent for the Mexico City daily newspaper \u003ci\u003eunomásuno\u003c\/i\u003e from 1980 to 1989. Sylvia Erickson Bartley is a historian, historical records archivist, and photographer. She worked as a photojournalist for \u003ci\u003eunomásuno\u003c\/i\u003e from 1984 to 1989.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 552\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.54 x 10.58 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1985\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45310248190054,"sku":"9780299306403","price":53.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Rlc1bFRiWVlydENxZ0hhQ2dCMFljQT09.webp?v=1774234239","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/eclipse-of-the-assassins-the-cia-imperial-politics-and-the-slaying-of-mexican-journalist-manuel-buendia-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}