Overview
The resolution of the civil war in El Salvador coincided with the end of the Cold War. After two years of negotiations and a decade-long effort to implement the peace accords, this work examines how peace was made and whether it has endured.
Full Product Details
Author: D. Negroponte
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.403kg
ISBN: 9781137353573
ISBN 10: 1137353570
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 18 September 2013
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Diana Negroponte has crafted a mosaic of how international relations and diplomacy interacted with deep political and societal division in the three year effort, amid armed conflict, to bring peace to El Salvador. It is organized clearly, written beautifully, and documented superbly. It re-creates the Salvadoran drama launched in 1989 - the failed FMLN final offensive and the murder of the Jesuits - in the midst of changing world power and the driving desire of the United States to get Moscow to help get El Salvador resolved. Within the telling, it is a model of analysis. This riveting book draws the reader into and through the stages that brought about a workable peace agreement. It has lessons for today on how to unwind conflict to get to peace. Plus, the narrative and the colorful characters, in their own words and quotes, as woven by an exceptional writer with an economical style, give it the feel of a cracking good novel. - John Maisto, US ambassador and deputy assistant secretary of state for Central America (1992-1993) <br> Diana Negroponte examines the arduous process of negotiating and implementing El Salvador's peace accord, dissecting the interests and motives of the warring sides as well as actors in the international community. In mapping the uneasy co-existence of democratization and new forms of violence, she explores the new and sometimes unforeseen challenges that arose in the post-war era. This is a sobering book as well as an invaluable contribution to the literature on conflict resolution and peace building. - Cynthia Arnson, director for Latin American Studies, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars <br> As the Cold War gave way to deepening globalization, Salvadorans struggled to end a bloody civil war. Diana Negroponte details how global powers, international institutions, polarized national forces, and struggling communities jostled to end the war and build a new regime. Equally important, she shows how inattention to socia
Author Information
Diana Villiers Negroponte is a non-resident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution, USA.
