Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Category : El Salvador
Languages : en
Pages : 182

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Author: Russell Crandall
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107134595
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 719

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This book offers a thorough and fair-minded interpretation of the role of the United States in El Salvador's civil war.

Author: Brian D'Haeseleer
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700625127
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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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.

Author: Margarita S. Studemeister
Publisher:
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Category : Civil supremacy over the military
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs
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Category : Economic assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher:
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Category : Anti-communist movements
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations
Publisher:
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Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 644

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Author: Keith Larry Storrs
Publisher:
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Category : El Salvador
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Author: Lars Schoultz
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400858496
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 399

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Lars Schoultz proposes a way for all those interested in U.S. foreign policy fully to appreciate the terms of the present debate. To understand U.S. policy in Latin America, he contends, one must critically examine the deeply held beliefs of U.S. policy makers about what Latin America means to U.S. national security. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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