War And Peace In Central America

Author : Frank McNeil
Publisher : Scribner Book Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War and Peace in Central America written by Frank McNeil and published by Scribner Book Company. This book was released on 1988 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perspective on the Sandinista-Contra war by a former American ambassador to Costa Rica.

Author : Sŭng-ho Kim
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on War and Peace in Central America written by Sŭng-ho Kim and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume records the perspectives of a highly diverse group of prominent individuals who met late in 1988 in an important international symposium concerned with the continuing conflicts in Central America. Included are presentations by leading conservative and liberal scholar-authors; high ranking diplomats from the governments of Mexico, the United States, and Nicaragua; directors of conservative and liberal think tanks; a spokesperson for a state governor opposed to Ronald Reagan's policy of sending National Guard troops to "train" in Central America; a centrally involved media practitioner; and a media critic. It also includes an unofficial translation of the final report of the International Verification and Follow-up Commission established by the Arias Peace Agreement. A preface and an introduction by the editors set this lively and historic debate in context.

Author : Dirk Kruijt
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 184813696X
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guerrillas written by Dirk Kruijt and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three parallel wars were fought in the latter half of the twentieth century in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. These wars were long and brutal, dividing international opinion sharply between US support for dictatorial regimes and the USSR’s sponsorship of guerrilla fighters. This fascinating study of the ‘guerrilla generation’ is based on in-depth interviews with both guerrilla comandantes and political and military leaders of the time. Dirk Kruijt analyses the dreams and achievements, the successes and failures, the utopias and dystopias of an entire Central American generation and its leaders. Guerrillas ranges widely, from the guerrilla movement’s origins in poverty, oppression and exclusion; its tactics in warfare; the ill-fated experiment with Sandinista government in Nicaragua; to the subsequent ‘normalization’ of guerrilla movements within democratic societies. The story told here is vital for understanding contemporary social movements in Latin America.

Author : Lynn Horton
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0896804127
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peasants in Arms written by Lynn Horton and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on testimonies from contra collaborators and ex-combatants, as well as pro-Sandinista peasants, this book presents a dynamic account of the growing divisions between peasants from the area of Quilalí who took up arms in defense of revolutionary programs and ideals such as land reform and equality and those who opposed the FSLN. Peasants in Arms details the role of local elites in organizing the first anti-Sandinista uprising in 1980 and their subsequent rise to positions of field command in the contras. Lynn Horton explores the internal factors that led a majority of peasants to turn against the revolution and the ways in which the military draft, and family and community pressures reinforced conflict and undermined mid-decade FSLN policy shifts that attempted to win back peasant support.

Author : Rick Waddell
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 9780804107365
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In War's Shadow written by Rick Waddell and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A combat engineer officer who served in Honduras offers a firsthand account of the complexities and contributions of the U.S. presence in Central America, exploring the Central American countries' crises, history, and culture. Original.

Author : Canada-Caribbean-Central America Policy Alternatives (Organization)
Publisher : Between the Lines
ISBN 13 : 9780921284215
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between War and Peace in Central America written by Canada-Caribbean-Central America Policy Alternatives (Organization) and published by Between the Lines. This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful book examines human rights, development patterns, refugees and displacement, and strategies to build a realistic peace.

Author : Cynthia Arnson
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804735896
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Peace Processes in Latin America written by Cynthia Arnson and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about ending guerrilla conflicts in Latin America through political means. It is about peace processes, aimed at securing an end to military hostilities in the context of agreements that touch on some of the principal political, economic, social, and ethnic imbalances that led to conflict in the first place. The book presents a carefully structured comparative analysis of six Latin American countries--Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, and Peru--which experienced guerrilla warfare that outlasted the end of the Cold War. The book explores in detail the unique constellation of national and international events that allowed some wars to end in negotiated settlement, one to end in virtual defeat of the insurgents, and the others to rage on. The aim of the book is to identify the variables that contribute to the success or failure of a peace dialogue. Though the individual case studies deal with dynamics that have allowed for or impeded successful negotiations, the contributors also examine comparatively such recurrent dilemmas as securing justice for victims of human rights abuses, reforming the military and police forces, and reconstructing the domestic economy. Serving as a bridge between the distinct literatures on democratization in Latin America and on conflict resolution, the book underscores the reciprocal influences that peace processes and democratic transition have on each other, and the ways democratic "space” is created and political participation enhanced by means of a peace dialogue with insurgent forces. The case studies--by country and issue specialists from Latin America, the United States, and Europe--are augmented by commentaries of senior practitioners most directly involved in peace negotiations, including United Nations officials, former peace advisers, and activists from civil society.

Author : Glen Caudill Dealy
Publisher : Thomson Brooks/Cole
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Honorable Peace in Central America written by Glen Caudill Dealy and published by Thomson Brooks/Cole. This book was released on 1988 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Haymarket Books+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1608464474
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turning the Tide written by Noam Chomsky and published by Haymarket Books+ORM. This book was released on 2015-09-28 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned activist examines the brutal reality of America’s Cold War era foreign policy across Central America—with a new preface by the author. First published in 1986, Turning the Tide presents Noam Chomsky’s expert analysis of three interrelated questions: What was the aim and impact of the US Central American policy? What factors in US society supported and opposed that policy? And how can concerned citizens affect future policy? Chomsky demonstrates how US Central American policies implemented broader US economic, military, and social aims—while claiming a supposedly positive impact on the lives of people in Central America. A particularly revealing focus of Chomsky's argument is the world of US academia and media, which Chomsky analyzes in detail to explain why the US public is so misinformed about our government's policies.

Author : Astvaldur Astvaldsson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781634850780
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Violence and Endurance written by Astvaldur Astvaldsson and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a volume of essays on post-civil war Central American narrative, bringing together leading experts in Central American literary and cultural studies from the USA, Central America and Europe to access recent developments in the regions artistic output including the emergence of Mayan literature and the criticism it has received inside and outside Central America. The authors draw on the pioneering (though often scattered and difficult to locate) academic work that has been produced so far, and aspire to bring it into focus to produce its own coherent body of criticism as well as point out themes and avenues for future research in the field. The essays address issues that are crucial for the understanding of what has been happening in Central American literature since the late 1980s, and how it relates to earlier literary output in the region. Hence, this book significantly contributes to the knowledge and understanding of Central American textuality over the last few decades, offering new insights into the development of both literary content and aesthetic quality. The main focus is on post-civil war literature, and how it tends to be different in content and style from literature published during the long years of social conflict and armed struggle. While all the essays focus on the main topic, they are wide-ranging, covering literature from the five countries most affected by civil war: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.