Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xix, 698 Seiten)
Edition:
First published
ISBN:
9781316471081
,
9781107134591
,
9781316500644
Content:
Part I. El Salvador in the Cold War -- Farabundo Martí, la matanza, and a stolen election -- The United States in Latin America -- American military mission in El Salvador -- A divided nation: military traditions, democratic third way, and liberation theology -- Guerrillas are born -- Part II. Jimmy Carter -- Revolution and counterinsurgency in Guatemala -- Mass organizations -- Carter arrives -- Carter and the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua, 1979 -- An October coup -- Carter engages Salvador -- Archbishop Romero -- Land -- The American churchwomen -- Arming the rebels -- Guerrilla final offensive, January 1981 -- Death squads -- Part III. Ronald Reagan -- Reagan arrives -- Reagan and Salvador -- El Mozote -- Another Vietnam -- Solidarity -- Troop cap and certifying human rights -- Reagan gambles on elections, 1982 -- The Shultz Doctrine -- Human rights -- Henry Kissinger -- Contras -- "Elections yes, dialogue no," 1984 presidential election -- La Palma -- Esquipulas -- Counterinsurgency I -- Counterinsurgency II -- Zona Rosa -- Air war -- José Napoleón Duarte -- Iran-Contra -- Part IV. George H.W. Bush -- Elusive justice -- Pessimism -- Bush arrives -- Bush, Cristiani, and the 1989 vote -- Guerrilla "second" final offensive, 1989 -- Jesuit killings -- Sams -- United Nations and peace -- Demobilization -- Part V. Post-war -- Post-war Salvador -- Concluding thoughts
Content:
Part I. El Salvador in the Cold War -- Farabundo Martí, la matanza, and a stolen election -- The United States in Latin America -- American military mission in El Salvador -- A divided nation: military traditions, democratic third way, and liberation theology -- Guerrillas are born -- Part II. Jimmy Carter -- Revolution and counterinsurgency in Guatemala -- Mass organizations -- Carter arrives -- Carter and the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua, 1979 -- An October coup -- Carter engages Salvador -- Archbishop Romero -- Land -- The American churchwomen -- Arming the rebels -- Guerrilla final offensive, January 1981 -- Death squads -- Part III. Ronald Reagan -- Reagan arrives -- Reagan and Salvador -- El Mozote -- Another Vietnam -- Solidarity -- Troop cap and certifying human rights -- Reagan gambles on elections, 1982 -- The Shultz Doctrine -- Human rights -- Henry Kissinger -- Contras -- "Elections yes, dialogue no," 1984 presidential election -- La Palma -- Esquipulas -- Counterinsurgency I -- Counterinsurgency II -- Zona Rosa -- Air war -- José Napoleón Duarte -- Iran-Contra -- Part IV. George H.W. Bush -- Elusive justice -- Pessimism -- Bush arrives -- Bush, Cristiani, and the 1989 vote -- Guerrilla "second" final offensive, 1989 -- Jesuit killings -- Sams -- United Nations and peace -- Demobilization -- Part V. Post-war -- Post-war Salvador -- Concluding thoughts
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107134591
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781316500644
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Crandall, Russell, 1971 - The Salvador option New York/ N.Y : Cambridge University Press, 2016 ISBN 9781107134591
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781316500644
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781316471081
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