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So far the impact of the Great Depression on Latin America has been considered primarily as affecting directly the economic well-being of countries in the hemisphere whose economies, as primary producers, were closely linked to the world market. But the Depression itself was world-wide and hence associated with phenomena far more widespread and significant in the political field. The consequent effects were to divert the course of Latin American history.
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Calvert, P. (1969). Soldiers and States. In: Latin America: Internal Conflict and International Peace. The Making of the Twentieth Century. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15305-3_4
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