Keywords:
Central America, Politics and government.
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Political violence, Central America, History.
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State-sponsored terrorism, Central America, History.
Notes:
Part 1 : 1821-1939. Historical dimensions of public violence in Latin America -- Binding hatreds : public violence, state, and nation in Central American history -- Guatemala : organizing for war -- El Salvador : a democracy of violence -- Honduras : caudillos in search of an army -- Nicaragua : a new army finds its caudillo -- Costa Rica : caudillos in search of a state -- Part 2 : 1940-1960. Transformations -- Defining collaboration : the United States and Central America -- Guatemala : "Showcase of Latin America" -- El Salvador : distrustful collaborator -- Honduras : remaking an "armed rabble" -- Nicaragua : "Ready to receive orders from Uncle Sam" -- Costa Rica : an army renamed -- Conclusions -- Statistical appendix -- Notes
Pages:
x, 336 p.
ISBN:
0-19-518573-0
URL:
http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=121469
