Battle for Guatemala - Rebels, Death Squads and U.s.power

This book presents a contemporary history of Guatemala's thirty-year civil war, evaluating the central protagonists in the turbulent battle for Guatemala?rebels, death squads, and the United States power.

List of contents

Retorno a la Sonrisa -- Return to Smiles -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Revolution and Counterrevolution, 1944–1970 -- Legacies of the Past: 1524-1944 -- The Revolution of 1944-1954: “The Democracy That Gave Way” -- Counterrevolution and Imperialism -- Rebels and Death Squads I: The 1960s -- Crisis, 1970-1990 -- Economie Growth and Crises of the 1970s and 1980s -- Social Polarization, Social Crisis -- Ethnic and Gender Dimensions of Crisis -- Political Crises of the 1970s -- The Revolutionary Crisis -- Rebels and Death Squads II -- Contradictions of Guatemala’s “Political Opening” -- Popular Bloc and Popular/Revolutionary Convergence -- Restructuring Relations with the United States -- Conclusion: An Unlighted Path Toward the Future -- Central America in the Balance: Prospects for the 1990s -- The Battle for Guatemala -- About the Book and Author

About the author

Susanne Jonas

Summary

This book presents a contemporary history of Guatemala's thirty-year civil war, evaluating the central protagonists in the turbulent battle for Guatemala—rebels, death squads, and the United States power.

Product details

• Authors: Susanne Jonas, Edelberte Torres Rivas, Jonas Susanne
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.08.1991
• EAN: 9780813306148
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-0614-8
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Guatemala, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, military history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / Central America, Terrorism, armed struggle, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Revolutionary groups & movements, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History of the Americas, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions, Jonas Susanne