The specter of revolution-real and potential-in Latin America has haunted the United States for a century. Focusing on the cases of Guatemala, Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and El Salvador, this course will examine the promise and/or threat that revolutions and revolutionaries represented within Latin America and within U.S. policymaking circles. Why did some Latin Americans turn to revolution? Why did the United States respond as it did to revolutionaries in "our backyard"? What explains differing U.S. reactions to specific movements? To what extent did the U.S. foster revolution even as it tried to head it off or squelch it? Evaluation will be based on class participation, one essay, and midterm and final exams. Group C