ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

part |62 pages

Revolution and Counterrevolution, 1944–1970

part |2 pages

Crisis, 1970-1990

chapter 6|16 pages

Social Polarization, Social Crisis

chapter 7|12 pages

Ethnic and Gender Dimensions of Crisis

chapter 8|16 pages

Political Crises of the 1970s

chapter 9|14 pages

The Revolutionary Crisis

chapter 10|16 pages

Rebels and Death Squads II

part |32 pages

Conclusion: An Unlighted Path Toward the Future

chapter 15|17 pages

The Battle for Guatemala