El Salvador in the 1980S

"...a clear, insightful, and authoritative analysis of major events in El Salvador during the past decade. I don't know of any work in English that rivals it. Its great strength is that it looks at these events--and explores the possibilities for the future--from a variety of Salvadoran perspectives, rather than from that of U.S. policy makers. It is an important contribution to scholarship, and at the same time quite accessible to students and activists." --Hugh Lacey, Swarthmore College

• Introduction: The Continuing Significance of El Salvador Arthur Schmidt 1. 1989: A New Era or Simply a New Phase? 2. Key Aspects of the Military Dimension 3. Economy and Population: The Profound Transformations of the Decade of the 1980s 4. The Political Recomposition of the Dominant Classes 5. The Development of a Popular and Revolutionary Alternative 6. Toward the Close of the Political Period Begun in 1979 7. Epilogue: Reviewing the Initial Formulations Glossary: The Most Important Salvadoran Acronyms Notes Index