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WWII In Central & South America: "The Tango War"

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German warship "Graf Spee" scuttled off South America by its crew in 1939..

Latin America was not a major battleground in the second World War, but it was pivotal in other ways.  The region's riches in natural resources made it important for support of the war effort, and both Allied and Axis powers stayed busy in the region. 

As Mary Jo McConahay reports in her new book, the efforts paralled each other so closely, it was like a tango.  So McConahay calls her book . 

Resources and spies, American boosters and Nazi sympathizers all make appearances in the book.  The author visits with the highlights. 
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.