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Revolution in El Salvador : from civil strife to civil peace /

Since the first edition of this book appeared in 1982, a decade of civil war has ended in a peace accord that promises to change the course of Salvadorean society and politics. Concentrating on the period since 1960, the author sheds new light on U.S. involvement in the increasing militarization of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Montgomery, Tommie Sue
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder : Westview Press, 1995.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
El Salvador > History > Civil War, 1979-1992.
Insurgency > El Salvador > History.
REVOLUTIONS.
REVOLUTIONARIES.
POLITICAL CONDITIONS.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
EL SALVADOR.
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Table of Contents:
  • Fifteen years later: peace at last / Ignacio Martin-Baro and Rodolfo Cardenal
  • Prologue: recollections and reflections - fifteen years in El Salvador
  • The roots of revolution, 1524 - 1960
  • Challenges to power, 1960 - 1980
  • The church
  • The revolutionaries
  • Descent into anarchy, 1980 - 1982
  • High-intensity politics and low-intensity conflict, 1982-1984
  • Electoral authoritarianism and the revolutionary challenge, 1984-1989
  • Epilogue: the electronic tamale.