El Salvador: Volume 2: Conflagration, 1984-1992

"Francois does an excellent job offering an entry-level survey of an extraordinarily brutal civil war that lasted for two decades." — The Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation

A severe social and political crisis in El Salvador during the 1970s resulted in widespread disturbance of daily life, political violence, repression and the outbreak of an insurgency. In March 1981, the government ran a large sweep operation along the border with Honduras in the north, accompanied by the use ...