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The Guatemalan Military Project : a Violence Called Democracy / Jennifer Schirmer.

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In 1999, the Guatemala truth commission issued its report on human rights violations during Guatemala's thirty-six-year civil war that ended in 1996. The commission, sponsored by the UN, estimates the conflict resulted in 200,000 deaths and disappearances. The commission holds the Guatemalan mi...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Schirmer, Jennifer
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010]
Series:Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights.
Subjects:
Civil-military relations > Guatemala > History > 20th century.
Indians of Central America > Guatemala > Government relations.
Political persecution > Guatemala > History > 20th century.
Civil-military relations.
Indians of Central America > Government relations.
Political persecution.
Guatemala.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Maps and Chart
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. A Brief History of the Guatemalan Military's Rise to Power
  • Chapter 2. Anatomy of the Counterinsurgency I
  • Chapter 3. Anatomy of the Counterinsurgency II
  • Chapter 4. Indian Soldiers and Civil Patrols of Self-Defense
  • Chapter 5 Civil Affairs
  • Chapter 6. A Military View of Law and Security
  • Chapter 7. Army Intelligence
  • Chapter 8. The Regime of Vinicio Cerezo
  • Chapter 9. Contradictions of the Politico-Military Project
  • Chapter 10. The Thesis of National Stability and Opponents of the State
  • Chapter 11. Conclusions
  • Appendix 1. Interview List
  • Appendix 2. Documents and Interview
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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