Born in Blood and Fire by John Charles Chasteen is a book that covers twenty nations in a compelling narrative of the Latin American experience. The story is based on political and social equality, indefinable pursuits for sustained economic development, revolution and republic formation, race mixing and class construction, the practices of subjugation and colonization, and despair and hope. Specifically, Chasteen focuses on the main political, social and economic trends and subjects that shaped Latin America including nationalism, the mixing of races, the case system, and liberalism.
The author’s perspective is across-the-board and sensibly addresses pop culture, politics, economics, religion and race to provide the intricacies of the nation’s obstacles toward development. The book narrates an illuminating and comprehensive history of Latin America nations during and after the bloody fights for independence. The story also shows the hope for a future of true democracy for Latin America countries. Generally, the author discusses how the basics of society such as education and healthcare were significant concerns during the wake of the Second World War. This fueled the call for an uprising. The author is trying to show the response of America concerning an uprising in several Latin American nations. Some of the uprisings led to military tyrannies like the one in Argentina where many people were persecuted and killed by tyranny regimes.
