00855nam a2200121Ia 4500080001800000100001700018245004600035250001300081260005300094300001300147520055400160583001900714  a01.02.01 B644  aBlaser, Cole  aGrant's rival: the USSR and Latin America  aRev. ed.  bUniversity of Pittsburg PressaPittsburgUSc1987  axx,240p.  aExamines the purposes of the USSR in its much expanded relations with Latin America, the benefits and costs of those relations, and Soviet impact on the region. Looks at the nature and political significance of Soviet trade with the area. Questions Soviet tactics and strategy in promoting national liberation movements and revolutionary change in the area, as well as its position with respect to peaceful and armed revolutionary strategies. Seeks to determine what are the major converging and diverging interests in the Soviet-Cuban relationship.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR