Insurgent Collective Action and Civil War in El Salvador
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics Series)
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Book Overview
Elisabeth Wood's account of insurgent collective action in El Salvador is based on oral histories gathered from peasants who supported the insurgency and those who did not, as well as on interviews with military commanders from both sides. She explains how widespread support among rural people for the leftist insurgency during the civil war in El Salvador challenges conventional interpretations of collective action. Those who supplied tortillas, information, and other aid to guerillas took mortal risks and yet stood to gain no more than those who did not.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521010500
ISBN13:9780521010504
Release Date:August 2003
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:332 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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EXCELLENT BOOK!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Wood's book is an excellent weaving togther of the of strands of the land question in Usulutan department. The use of before-the-revolution-and-after "agrarian reform" maps constructed by former rebel participants and supporters is particularly ingenious. She does a great job of even-handedly assessing a still contentious issue in the historiography of U.S. foreign policy. She treated her interview subjects with great care and fairness, and tried to get at the roots of what made the Salvadoran conflict a civil war. A criticism is that she appears to accept to eagerly reports of rebel arms transfers along the Usulutan coastline. Hundreds of millions the GOES received from the U.S. made those canoes full of rifles for the FMLN from Nicaragua pale in comparison.
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