Download or read book The Impact of U S Policy in El Salvador 1979 1985 written by Martin Diskin and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of U S Policy in El Salvador 1979 1985 written by Martin Diskin and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Power of Narrative in US Foreign Policy written by Max Werner and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Despite the significant historiography on US involvement in the Civil War in El Salvadorin the 1980s, few scholars have examined the narratives that informed that involvement.Drawing on the methodology of both diplomatic and cultural history, this thesis examines therole the US played in the first part of the Civil War in El Salvador (1979-1985) from theperspective of three different narratives: the conservative, the liberal, and the radical. Thisapproach elucidates important shared and contrasting assumptions and myths about both the realand imagined role of the US in Central America. Notwithstanding the different schools ofthought within both the conservative and liberal narratives, broadly speaking, in the conservativenarrative, El Salvador was the victim of Soviet intrusion and subversion; the US therefore had nochoice but to confront the dangerous spread of communism and protect its traditional allies in theregion. In the liberal narrative, the real problem in El Salvador was the anachronistic social orderand harsh military rule; only by supporting forces of moderation and avoiding furthermilitarization could the US hope to secure its interests. What both narratives shared, however,were certain assumptions and myths about US power: the inherent benevolence of the US and itsinstitutions; a conventional understanding of the Cold War; and the unquestioned right of the USto intervene in El Salvador. In contrast, the radical narrative, articulated by political dissidentNoam Chomsky, rejected any notion of the benevolent intent of the US government. Instead,Chomsky’s narrative depicted US policy as ruthless, violent, and as the primary cause of miseryin El Salvador; any commitment to human rights and decency was empty rhetoric that obscuredthe real intentions of US policy: to consolidate and expand its power in El Salvador as part of itsglobal world order, no matter the cost"--
Download or read book The Salvadoran Crucible written by Brian D'Haeseleer and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1979, with El Salvador growing ever more unstable and ripe for revolution, the United States undertook a counterinsurgency intervention that over the following decade would become Washington’s largest nation-building effort since Vietnam. In 2003, policymakers looked to this “successful” undertaking as a model for US intervention in Iraq. In fact, Brian D’Haeseleer argues in The Salvadoran Crucible, the US counterinsurgency in El Salvador produced no more than a stalemate, and in the process inflicted tremendous suffering on Salvadorans for a limited amount of foreign policy gains. D’Haeseleer’s book is a deeply informed, dispassionate account of how the Salvadoran venture took shape, what it actually accomplished, and what lessons it holds. A historical analysis of the origins of US counterinsurgency policy provides context for understanding how precedents informed US intervention in El Salvador. What follows is a detailed, in-depth view of how the counterinsurgency unfolded—the nature, logic, and effectiveness of the policies, initiatives, and operations promoted by American strategists. D’Haeseleer’s account disputes the “success” narrative by showing that El Salvador’s achievements, mainly the spread of democracy, occurred as a result not of the American intervention but of the insurgents’ war against the state. Most significantly, The Salvadoran Crucible contends that the reforms enacted during the war failed to address the underlying causes of the conflict, which today continue to reverberate in El Salvador. The book thus suggests a reassessment of the history of American counterinsurgency, and a course-correction for the future.
Download or read book U S policy and Latin America in the 1990s written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Policy and Latin America in the 1990s written by Frances Scott and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Remembering a Massacre in El Salvador written by Héctor Lindo-Fuentes and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors provide the first systematic study of the infamous massacre now regarded as one of the most extreme cases of state-sponsored repression in modern Latin American history.
Download or read book The Salvador Option written by Russell Crandall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 719 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El Salvador's civil war between the Salvadoran government and Marxist guerrillas erupted into full force in early 1981 and endured for eleven bloody years. Unwilling to tolerate an advance of Soviet and Cuban-backed communism in its geopolitical backyard, the US provided over six billion dollars in military and economic aid to the Salvadoran government. El Salvador was a deeply controversial issue in American society and divided Congress and the public into left and right. Relying on thousands of archival documents as well as interviews with participants on both sides of the war, The Salvador Option offers a thorough and fair-minded interpretation of the available evidence. If success is defined narrowly, there is little question that the Salvador Option achieved its Cold War strategic objectives of checking communism. Much more difficult, however, is to determine what human price this 'success' entailed - a toll suffered almost entirely by Salvadorans in this brutal civil war.
Download or read book Central America and the United States written by Thomas M. Leonard and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, Thomas Leonard examines the history of relations between the United States and the countries of Central America. Placing those relations in their political, cultural, and economic contexts, he illuminates the role of such factors as the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850, William Walker's invasions of Nicaragua, Theodore Roosevelt's corollary to the Monroe Doctrine in 1904, the "Dollar Diplomacy" of the 1910s, and Ronald Reagan's support of the contra war. Central America and the United States is the fourth volume in The United States and the Americas, a series of books assessing relations between the United States and its neighbors to the south and north: Mexico, Central America, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Andean Republics (Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia), Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, and Canada. Lester D. Langley is the general editor of the series.
Download or read book El Salvador written by Margarita S. Studemeister and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Just Politics written by C. William Walldorf, Jr. and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many foreign policy analysts assume that elite policymakers in liberal democracies consistently ignore humanitarian norms when these norms interfere with commercial and strategic interests. Today's endorsement by Western governments of repressive regimes in countries from Kazakhstan to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in the name of fighting terror only reinforces this opinion. In Just Politics, C. William Walldorf Jr. challenges this conventional wisdom, arguing that human rights concerns have often led democratic great powers to sever vital strategic partnerships even when it has not been in their interest to do so.Walldorf sets out his case in detailed studies of British alliance relationships with the Ottoman Empire and Portugal in the nineteenth century and of U.S. partnerships with numerous countries—ranging from South Africa, Turkey, Greece and El Salvador to Nicaragua, Chile, and Argentina—during the Cold War. He finds that illiberal behavior by partner states, varying degrees of pressure by nonstate actors, and legislative activism account for the decisions by democracies to terminate strategic partnerships for human rights reasons.To demonstrate the central influence of humanitarian considerations and domestic politics in the most vital of strategic moments of great-power foreign policy, Walldorf argues that Western governments can and must integrate human rights into their foreign policies. Failure to take humanitarian concerns into account, he contends, will only damage their long-term strategic objectives.
Download or read book U s Policy Toward Latin America written by Harold Molineu and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1990-10-29 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hear My Testimony written by María Teresa Tula and published by South End Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following in the footsteps of Rigoberta Menchu, Maria Teresa Tula describes her childhood, marriage, and growing family, as well as her awakening political consciousness, activism, imprisonment, and torture. She gains international recognition as a human rights activist through her work in CO-MADRES, the Committee of Mothers and Relatives of Political Prisoners, Disappeared and Assassinated of El Salvador.
Download or read book Regional Guide to International Conflict and Management from 1945 to 2003 written by Jacob Bercovitch and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regional Guide to International Conflict Management from 1945 to 2003 provides global, regional, and specific information on the over 350 international conflicts that have occurred since World War II. At the heart of the book are comprehensive regional sections, each of which includes: An essay providing regional context and highlighting the interrelation of countries and conflict in that area Summaries of each conflict in the region, arranged chronologically and covering history, circumstances, players, management, and outcome References for further research. Introductory chapters examine global patterns and trends in international conflict and how conflict is managed, including ethnic conflict and the expanded role of the United Nations. Tables, figures, maps, and a comprehensive index round out this valuable resource. Regional Guide to International Conflict and Management from 1945 to 2003 gives readers the tools and content necessary for understanding and analyzing international conflict in today′s world. Perfect for political science, comparative government/politics, international relations, and world history programs.
Download or read book The Salvadoran Officer Corps and the Final Offensive of 1981 written by Brian J. Bosch and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1999 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final offensive, an insurgent campaign fought after El Salvador's coup of 1979, clearly demonstrated the strengths, weaknesses, idiosyncrasies, and behavior of the Salvadoran officer corps. During this crucial period, the military institution faced the double threat of internal politics and a rebel guerrilla army. Colonel Bosch served as the U.S. Embassy's Defense and Army Attache during the crisis. His intimate perspective brings to life the important political and military events before, during and after the final offensive. His book gives an historical perspective as well, tracing the development of officer attitudes from 1931 to 1979. The Armed Forces political crisis of 1979 and 1980 is discussed, followed by a detailed recounting of the offensive itself. The results of the offensive are analyzed, including the short-lived cohesiveness shown by the officer corps and the divisiveness that lasted through the war and into peace. The text is complemented by a map and photographs.
Download or read book The Protection Racket State written by William Stanley and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chilling examination into why states kill.
Download or read book Unraveling the Garment Industry written by Ethel Carolyn Brooks and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: