Dictating Democracy: Guatemala and the End of Violent Revolution.(Review) (book review)

Dictating Democracy: Guatemala and the End of Violent Revolution. By Rachel M. McCleary. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999. 297p. $49.95.

Bibliography dealing with the armed conflict in Central America, aptly called crisis literature, was abundant until the latter part of the 1990s, although North American academicians paid little attention to Guatemala. Now two books have been published, both with titles that refer to the same phenomenon. The peace process that concerns Susanne Jonas corresponds to the termination of the violent revolution in Rachel McCleary's work. ...

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