| Description |
1 online resource (260 pages). |
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Genocide & persecution |
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Gale eBooks
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Genocide and persecution.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Chronology : El Salvador -- Chronology : Guatemala -- In El Salvador, a military and police campaign attacked civilians / Cynthia J. Arnson -- US policy was inconsistent as fighting grew in El Salvador / Richard A. Haggerty -- With the war's end, Salvadorans have a chance to rebuild / Michael Reid -- The government of El Salvador violated international standards / United Nations -- In Guatemala, government forces carried out large-scale killings / John Hartwell Moore, ed -- US secret agents became involved with oppressors in Guatemala / Kate Doyle and Carlos Osorio -- The Guatemalan government committed genocide / Guatemalan Commission for Historical Clarification -- A true Guatemalan peace would unlock enormous potential / Rigoberta Menchu Tum -- Strategy choices by both sides led to a Salvadoran stalemate / Hugh Byrne -- El Salvador's military operated like organized crime / William Stanley -- Standing firm for religion-based causes was fatal in El Salvador / Tommie Sue Montgomery -- US aid supports a protracted massacre in El Salvador / Thomas Sheehan -- After the war, Salvadoran feminists aimed to establish equality / Karen Kampwirth -- In Guatemala, the army combined massive force with humanitarian aid / Jennifer Schirmer -- The CIA contributed to Guatemala's civil war / Molly Ivins -- In Guatemala, counter-insurgency turned into genocide / Marc Drouin -- The war ended, but Guatemalan refugees have few opportunities / Victor Perera -- Guatemalan's case with the past and redefine the future / Beatriz Manz -- The early experiences of a Salvadoran activist / Leigh Fenley -- A Salvadoran death squad member relates his fall from power / Carlos Dada -- A Salvadoran woman describes the El Mozote massacre / Mark Danner -- A researcher describes how violence escalated in one Guatemalan town / Robert M. Carmack -- Two Guatemalan survivors testify before a Spanish federal court / Kate Doyle -- A Guatemalan soldier relates his shock at tactics used on prisoners / Victor Montejo. |
| Summary |
Examines the genocide and political persecution against the people of El Salvador and Guatemala. |
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Civil war -- El Salvador -- History -- 20th century.
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Political persecution -- El Salvador -- History -- 20th century.
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Death squads -- El Salvador -- History -- 20th century.
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State-sponsored terrorism -- El Salvador.
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State-sponsored terrorism -- Guatemala.
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Mayas -- Crimes against -- Guatemala.
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Genocide -- Guatemala.
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El Salvador -- History -- 1979-1992.
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Guatemala -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1996 -- Atrocities.
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| Added Author |
Cruden, Alex, editor.
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Chalk, Frank, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: El Salvador and Guatemala. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2013 9780737762549 (DLC) 2012045148 |
| ISBN |
9780737767575 (electronic book) |
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9780737762549 (hardcover) |
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0737762543 |
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