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U S Catholic Press on Central America: From Cold War Anticommunism to Social Justice

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Description for U S Catholic Press on Central America: From Cold War Anticommunism to Social Justice Paperback. This work traces the transformation in reporting on Central America by Catholic periodicals in the second half of the 20th century. Brett looks at the reasons behind this evolutionary process and details the responses of the press to the crises arising in Central America in the 1970s and 80s. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HRCC7; HRCX6; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445.

The U.S. Catholic Press on Central America traces the remarkable transformation in reports 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 ... Read more

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 the late 1970s and 80s.

Brett also devotes considerable attention to the methods of a small group of conservative Catholic publications, which, unlike the majority of Catholic periodicals, championed the policies of the Reagan administration on Central America. He concludes by placing the Catholic critique of U.S. Central American policy within the larger context of U.S. Catholic history. In so doing, he demonstrates that the American Catholic response to its government’s isthmian policy marks the first time in history that the U.S. Catholic Church publicly opposed its government on an issue of foreign policy.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268043452
SKU
V9780268043452
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About Edward Tracy Brett
Edward T. Brett is professor of history at La Roche College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Reviews for U S Catholic Press on Central America: From Cold War Anticommunism to Social Justice
“Brett’s book offers a unique, well researched avenue for understanding the complexity of religious, political, and social issues in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.” —Catholic Historical Review "This is a very good book, needed by every Catholic parish, high school, and college library." —American Catholic Studies "One has to admire Brett's thoroughness in surveying thousands of press items. He ... Read more

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