Of Centaurs And Doves: Guatemala's Peace Process

by Susanne Jonas

Overview

This book explains how the Guatemalan tragedies, the U.S. involvement, and the stumbling 1990s peace process developed. It raises fundamental questions about the badly misunderstood and much over-hyped 'democratic transition'supposedly occurring in Guatemala and elsewhere in the region.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367317072
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/2019
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Susanne Jonas teaches Latin American & Latino Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. An expert on Central America and Guatemala for over 32 years, she is the author of The Battle for Guatemala: Rebels, Death Squads,andU.S. Power (Westview 1991). She recently coedited Immigration: Civil Rights Issue for the Americas.

Table of Contents

Prologue — Background: Guatemals's Thirty-Six-Year Civil War — The Mined Road to Peace — The Terms of Peace — Can Peace Bring Democracy or Social Justice? — The U.S. Role: The Cold War and Beyond — Implementation Wars — High Hopes and Stark Realities: Obstacles to Sustainable Development — The Hijacking of the Constitutional Reforms — Conclusion: "Reinvention" or Lost Opportunity? Global, Comparative, and Imaginary Perspectives — Epilogue