I’m excited to announce my new book, The Almanac of Latin American History: Political and Security Events from 1800 to the Present, is available on Amazon and via the Rowman and Littlefield Publishers website.
The Almanac of Latin American History, by Dr. Patrick Paterson
The book is the culmination of years of study of Latin America and the Caribbean, including more than a decade of teaching Latin American security and defense studies at the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at National Defense University.
I’m honored that Admiral James Stavridis, our generation’s most prolific naval officer since Samuel Eliot Morison, agreed to write the Foreword to the book.
The Almanac of Latin American History is also a chronicle of the most famous events in modern Latin American history, with more than 700 significant events that helped shape the future of nearly three dozen important countries – including Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, Brazil, and Panama – and Puerto Rico. I describe the most consequential events in U.S. and Latin American history, major political and security incidents starting from the period of independence—including armed conflicts, famous battles, births and deaths of important figures, military coups, significant presidential elections, and independence dates.
I have also compiled appendices of significant political, economic, and social indicators as well as an index of over 2,000 keywords. As Admiral Stavridis writes, even the most seasoned Latin American historian will find something new in this reference.
I look forward to your feedback!