Format:
1 online resource (364 pages)
ISBN:
9780812200591
Series Statement:
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Ser
Content:
Successfully combining military, political, and cultural analysis with a serious treatment of legal and human rights considerations, this book will appeal to anyone interested in the conversion from war to peace in Latin America and around the world.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Maps and Chart -- Introduction -- 1. A Brief History of the Guatemalan Military's Rise to Power -- 2. Anatomy of the Counterinsurgency I: From Tactical to Strategic Pacification -- 3. Anatomy of the Counterinsurgency II: Restructuring Indigenous Life -- 4. Indian Soldiers and Civil Patrols of Self-Defense -- 5. Civil Affairs: Psychological Warfare, Social Intelligence, and the Sanctioned Mayan -- 6. A Military View of Law and Security -- 7. Army Intelligence -- 8. The Regime of Vinicio Cerezo: The Christian Democratic Party-Army Pact and the Militarization of the Presidency -- 9. Contradictions of the Politico-Military Project: Officers of the Mountain and the 1988 and 1989 Coup Attempts -- 10. The Thesis of National Stability and Opponents of the State -- 11. Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Interview List -- Appendix 2: Documents and Abbreviated Interview with a G-2 Torturer -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812217308
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780812217308
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3441504
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