The Tricontinental Revolution
Third World Radicalism and the Cold War

A major reassessment of the rise and global impact of revolutionary Third World radicalism in the 1960s and 1970s.

R. Joseph Parrott (Edited by), Mark Atwood Lawrence (Edited by)

9781009364973, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 9 March 2023

385 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.624 kg

'An excellent introduction to the Third World alternative to the Cold War, from The League against Imperialism via the Tricontinental Conference to the Palestinian solidarity movement. There is so much to learn from this book for those interested in the history of anti-imperialist politics.' O. A. Westad, author of The Cold War: A World History

The Tricontinental Revolution provides a major reassessment of the global rise and impact of Tricontinentalism, the militant strand of Third World solidarity that defined the 1960s and 1970s as decades of rebellion. Cold War interventions highlighted the limits of decolonization, prompting a generation of global South radicals to adopt expansive visions of self-determination. Long associated with Cuba, this anti-imperial worldview stretched far beyond the Caribbean to unite international revolutions around programs of socialism, armed revolt, economic sovereignty, and confrontational diplomacy. Linking independent nations with non-state movements from North Vietnam through South Africa to New York City, Tricontinentalism encouraged marginalized groups to mount radical challenges to the United States and the inequitable Euro-centric international system. Through eleven expert essays, this volume recenters global political debates on the priorities and ideologies of the Global South, providing a new framework, chronology, and tentative vocabulary for understanding the evolution of anti-imperial and decolonial politics. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Introduction: Tricontinentalism and the anti-imperial project R. Joseph Parrott
Part I. Chronologies of third worldism: 1. Global solidarity before the Tricontinental Conference: Latin America and the League Against Imperialism Anne Garland Mahler
2. Tricontinentalism: the construction of global political alliances Rafael Hernández and Jennifer Ruth Hosek
3. The PLO and the limits of secular revolution, 1975–1982 Paul Thomas Chamberlin
Part II. A global worldview: 4. Fueling the world revolution: Vietnamese communist internationalism, 1954–1975 Pierre Asselin
5. Through the looking glass: African National Congress and the Tricontinental Revolution Ryan Irwin
6. The romance of revolutionary transatlanticism: Cuban-Algerian relations and the diverging trends within third world internationalism Jeffrey James Byrne
Part III. Superpower responses to Tricontinentalism: 7. Reddest place north of Havana: the Tricontinental and the struggle to lead the 'third world' Jeremy Friedman
8. 'A propaganda boon for us': the Havana Tricontinental Conference and the United States response Eric Gettig
Part IV. Frustrated visions: 9. Brother and a comrade: Amílcar Cabral as global revolutionary R. Joseph Parrott
10. 'Two, three, many Vietnams': Che Guevara's Tricontinental revolutionary vision Michelle D. Paranzino
11. From Playa Girón to Luanda: mercenaries and internationalist fighters Eric Covey
Afterword: patterns and puzzles Mark Atwood Lawrence.

Subject Areas: International relations [JPS]