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The Foreign Policy of Guyana, 1970-1985: Forbes Burnham's Search for Legitimacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Festus Brotherson Jr.
Festus Brotherson Jr.*
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Baldwin-Wallace College (OH)
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During the radical period of the Forbes Burnham era in Guyanese politics, from 1970 to 1985, the country appeared to have won respect for its foreign policy in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and in the British Commonwealth, as well as in the broader Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). The general perception was that Guyana was one of a select few small Third World states with a coherent revolutionary foreign policy, for which it paid a high price through superpower retaliatory efforts to destabilize its society.

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Research Article
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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 31 , Issue 3: Special Issue: The International Dynamics of the Commonwealth Caribbean , Fall 1989 , pp. 9 - 36
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Copyright © University of Miami 1989

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