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Latin America's Revolutionary Generation: A Look Back

By Richard E. Feinberg

Three recent memoirs take a look at take a look at some of Latin America's most tumultuous chapters, and how baby boomers experienced them to the fullest.

This article is adapted from AQ's print issue on transparency and the 2018 elections

With its peace signs and flower dresses, Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco hosted the 1967 Summer of Love. But across the Bay, Berkeley was a hotbed for politicos struggling to shake up the world capitalist system.

In the fall of 1972, I entered nearby Stanford University to earn a doctorate in international economics. Before matriculating, I spent the summer burnishing my math skills at the University of California...

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