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Author
Publisher
South End Press
Pub. Date
c1985
Description
The renowned activist examines the brutal reality of America's Cold War era foreign policy across Central America-with a new preface by the author.
First published in 1986, Turning the Tide presents Noam Chomsky's expert analysis of three interrelated questions: What was the aim and impact of the US Central American policy? What factors in US society supported and opposed that policy? And how can concerned citizens affect future policy?
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Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
"This book analyzes the origins and consequences of civil war in Central America. Fabrice Lehoucq explains why the inability of autocracies to reform led to the civil wars of the 1980s and why violent conflict led to the unexpected transition to non-military governments in the 1990s. He examines why economic stagnation throughout much of the region, along with unevenness of political reform, has limited democratization. This book also uses these developments...
