Setting the stage: El Salvador's long twentieth century -- The aggrieved minority: civilian elites -- The republic will live as long as the army lives: military officers -- The awakening: guerrilla comandantes before the civil war -- The reckoning: guerrilla comandantes during and after the civil war -- Orders are orders: the rank and file
Summary
El Salvador's civil war began in 1980 and ended twelve bloody years later. It saw extreme violence on both sides. Examining El Salvador's vibrant life-story literature written in the aftermath of this terrible conflict - including memoirs and testimonials - Erik Ching seeks to understand how the war has come to be remembered and rebattled by Salvadorans and what that means for their society today
Notes
Previously issued in print: 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience
Specialized
Notes
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 7, 2016)