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American journalist Carleton Beals's combative reporting of U.S. intervention in Latin America from Mexico to Cuba in the 20th century won him millions of readers. The Rebel Scribe tells his story in a way that sheds new light on Western Hemisphere history while also showing how probing journalism drives change.

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The book's dry subtitle, Carleton Beals and the Progressive Challenge to U.S. Policy in Latin America, belies an epic tale of adventure, romance, and revolution.... Beals' own story is poignant and inspirational; his work, as documented by Neal, is a sobering reminder of the malevolent forces that have always shaped history, and the bravery and difficulty of standing up to them.-- Montreal Review of Books A timely work of impressive scholarship, full of original perspectives on American journalism and foreign policy, crisp and provocative.--Tim Johnson, former Mexico City, Lima, Bogota, and Beijing correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers and member of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning Panama Papers investigative team In his time and at his best, Carleton Beals was an original, a pioneer who wrote well and got many things right early on, especially on Mexico, Cuba and Central America. Christopher Neal brings this alive in a thought-provoking biography that is also a really good read.--Malcolm Deas, Emeritus Fellow of St. Antony's College and former Director, Latin American Centre, Oxford University This is more than a story about an interesting character. It deftly reminds us about the importance of critical journalism and the price paid by those (few) who have dared to practice it with selfless rigor.--Marc Raboy, Beaverbrook Professor Emeritus in Ethics, Media and Communications, McGill University

A timely work of impressive scholarship, full of original perspectives on American journalism and foreign policy, crisp and provocative.--Tim Johnson, former Mexico City, Lima, Bogota, and Beijing correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers and member of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning Panama Papers investigative team In his time and at his best, Carleton Beals was an original, a pioneer who wrote well and got many things right early on, especially on Mexico, Cuba and Central America. Christopher Neal brings this alive in a thought-provoking biography that is also a really good read.--Malcolm Deas, Emeritus Fellow of St. Antony's College and former Director, Latin American Centre, Oxford University This is more than a story about an interesting character. It deftly reminds us about the importance of critical journalism and the price paid by those (few) who have dared to practice it with selfless rigor.--Marc Raboy, Beaverbrook Professor Emeritus in Ethics, Media and Communications, McGill University

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Christopher Neal was a freelance journalist in Latin America in the 1980s, who later managed communications in the region for the World Bank. He has a Masters of International Policy and Practice from George Washington University, where he concentrated on U.S. foreign policy in Latin America.

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