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El Salvador : America's next Vietnam?

Title
El Salvador : America's next Vietnam? / by Steffen W. Schmidt.
Author
Schmidt, Steffen W.
Publication
Salisbury, N.C., U.S.A. : Documentary Publications, 1983.

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Description
vii, 217 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
U.S. relations with Latin American nations ; v. 2
Uniform Title
U.S. relations with Latin American nations ; v. 2.
Subject
  • 1944-1992
  • Politics and government
  • Militärhilfe
  • El Salvador > Politics and government > 1944-1979
  • El Salvador > Politics and government > 1979-1992
  • El Salvador
  • USA
  • USA
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
In the grip of violence -- Domestic, regional or global crisis? -- Spaniards, dictators and wizards: 1524 -- 1944 -- The armed forces become political -- The rules of the political game -- On the eve of the 1972 election -- Breakdown: the end of civil politics in the 1970s -- October 15, 1979: the Coup d'etat and the arrival of the "progressive juntas" -- The Carter/Reagan policies: reform, repression, or revolution? -- Death and violence -- Sacred and deadly: the church in El Salvador -- The disturbing election of 1982 -- New directions and old problems.
ISBN
  • 0897121465
  • 9780897121460
LCCN
83226807
OCLC
  • ocm10405196
  • 10405196
  • SCSB-38242
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library