Marc Becker

Marc Becker, professor of history, published “The CIA in Ecuador” through Duke University Press. In the book, Becker draws on recently released US government surveillance documents on the Ecuadorian left to chart social movement organizing efforts during the 1950s, showing how the local patterns and dynamics that shaped the development of the Ecuadorian left could be found throughout Latin American during the cold war. Members of the Truman community can receive 30 percent off the purchase price with the code E21ECDR at checkout. Becker is also the author of “The FBI in Latin America” and “Indians and Leftists in the Making of Ecuador’s Modern Indigenous Movements.”