To Save Her Life - Disappearance, Deliverance, and the United States in Guatemala

Informationen zum Autor Dan Saxon is a prosecutor at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Klappentext "Dan Saxon has written a compelling and provocative book about the checkered history of United States involvement in Guatemala and the politics of human rights activism. Read this book and you will understand why the way in which we respond to human rights crimes often says more about our humanity than the abuses themselves."-Eric Stover! author of The Witnesses: War Crimes and the Promise of Justice in The Hague "Dan Saxon's moving portrait of human courage and political interest illuminates the personal struggle of one woman against the broad sweep of Latin American history. It is rare in my experience for one book to offer both page-turning suspense and penetrating analysis of human rights policy. To Save Her Life carries it off brilliantly."-Jim Goldston! The Open Society Justice Initiative! The Open Society Institute "The massive intrusion of the United States in the government of Guatemala begun in 1954 is the basis for this fascinating story about a woman! Maritza. She was eventually able to emerge from captivity after torture and many humiliations. The author! intimately acquainted with life in Guatemala! tells the story of this woman and her family with humor! excitement and captivating details about the history of Guatemala. For anyone involved in the tragic history of Central America and the evolution of liberation theology! this readable book will be helpful and even indispensable."-Robert F. Drinan! S.J.! Professor! Georgetown University Law Center "Human rights is a complicated business! and Dan Saxon's book explores many of our complexities in microcosm. Through the story of the campaign to save Maritza's life! Saxon illuminates the muddled U.S. policy in Central America at the end of the cold war; the inter-institutional rivalries and misunderstandings among organizations in the U.S. and Guatemala; and above all! the human caring that motivated so many human rights activists in the 1980s and 1990s. This is a magnificent work of history and humanity."-Patrick Ball! The Benetech Initiative Zusammenfassung Maritza Urrutia was abducted from a middle-class neighborhood while taking her son to school in 1992. This title tells the story of her ordeal which included being interrogated in secret by army intelligence officers about her activities as part of a political opposition group. Inhaltsverzeichnis Map of Guatemala List of Abbreviations Preface PART ONE: THE DISAPPEARANCE 1. Thursday! July 23. 1992 2. Thursday Morning and Afternoon 3. Friday! July 24! 1992 4. Saturday and Sunday! July 25-26. 1992 5. The Catholic Church in Guatemala! 1524-1992 6. Monday and Tuesday! July 27-28! 1992 7. Wednesday! July 29! 1992 8. Thursday! July 30! 1992 PART TWO: THE VISA 9. Friday! July 31! 1992 10. Saturday! August 1! 1992 11. Sunday! August 2! 1992 12. Monday! August 3! 1992 13. Tuesday! August 4! 1992 14. Wednesday! August 5! 1992 15. Thursday! August 6! 1992 The Aftermath Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography and Further Reading Index ...

Product details

• Authors: D Saxon, Dan Saxon
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.05.2007
• EAN: 9780520252455
• ISBN: 978-0-520-25245-5
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; USA, Guatemala, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, International Relations, United States of America, USA