Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America: Fourth Edition

Written by John Charles Chasteen

Narrated by Gary Tiedemann

The most readable, highly regarded, and affordable history of Latin America for our times.



Born in Blood and Fire, Fourth Edition has been extensively revised to heighten emphasis on current cultural analyses of Latin American society and facilitate meaningful connections between the Encounter and the present.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Feb 4, 2020
• ISBN: 9781541433786

Reviews for Born in Blood and Fire

[Aylea Wilkins · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a very comprehensive primer for those who are not familiar with Latin American history. Great for high school and college student courses. It takes a few historical leaps that I don't appreciate, but that has more to do with my own readings of Latin American studies. Don't take that as a bad thing.

[Rara Sh · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

An excellent review of Latin American history from the precolombinan era up to the Modern days.It's well written,informative,because it's contain a good amount of details about political and economic history in a simple easy understood language from someone who lives in Latin America for a long period of his life and also married to a Colombian lady, so he is the best one who can write such a book. In conclusion its a very good book recommend to anyone interested in Latin America.

[nonesuch42 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I read this book in preparation for my trip to Peru. I had taken course in undergrad that covered most of this material, but this book was a good refresher. Things were presented mostly logically, and the writing was clear. The political bent of this book is kinda anti-US, which makes sense, we have committed many atrocities. The book was mostly balanced though. I learned some new things. I remembered some things I once knew. I have a better understanding of the arc of Latin American history, and I feel like it was good preparation for my trip. Overall, a solid introduction to Latin American history.

[mamorico · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was a text book for my Latin American Politics class, but was a great read. Very informative, covering each country separately and by time period.