The Battle For Guatemala: Rebels, Death Squads, And U.s. Power

by Susanne Jonas

Overview

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

ISBN-13:	9780813306148
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	01/01/1991
Series:	Latin American Perspectives Series , #5
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile:	1420L (what's this?)

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

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