Latin American insurgencies

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Book desription: Washington, DC: Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. [distributor]. 0892060859 Text free of underlining, writing and highlighting. From the Foreword: "During their wars for national independence, their internal struggles and revolutions, Latin American countries have survived many forms of insurgent violence. The nature of modern insurgencies in Central and South America and the Caribbean, however, seems to distinguish them from earlier Latin American conflicts. Whereas previous struggles were contests to decide who would govern, recent insurgencies are more ideological, seeking to change the form of government itself. This trend, coupled with involvement of powers outside the region-such as the Soviet Union, Libya, and the Palestine Liberation Organization-make Latin American insurgencies a subject of growing concern. To examine this issue, the National Defense University and the Georgetown University Center for Strategic and International Studies co-sponsored a series of meetings in the spring of 1984. The papers presented at those meetings are published here. In addition to case studies of specific insurgent movements in Peru and Guatemala, this book includes discussions of Latin American insurgent activity in its broad historical and present-day contexts, US policy options, and the likely course of insurgencies in the future. The increasingly political nature and persistence of insurgent movements call for careful consideration of how best to contain them. This collection can help us better understand specific national cases and perhaps better formulate US policy toward the general region." --Richard D. Lawrence Lieutenant General, US Army President, National Defense University 214 pages. Your order will be on its way by the next business day! . Very Good. 1985.

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