Title: When the AK-47s fall silent : revolutionaries, guerillas, and the dangers of peace /
Authors: Brown, Timothy C. 1938-
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Insurgency El Salvador History Congresses.; Guerrillas Nicaragua Biography Congresses.; Guerrillas El Salvador Biography Congresses.; Revolutionaries Nicaragua Biography Congresses.; Counterrevolutionaries Nicaragua Biography Congresses.; Conflict management Central America Congresses.; Nicaragua History Personal narratives Congresses.
Abstract: "The majority of Latin American revolutionaries and guerrillas have now laid down their weapons and opted to participate in that region's democratic processes. What brought about this transformation? When the AK-47s Fall Silent brings together for the first time many of these former Latin revolutionaries from both sides of the conflicts - who tell their own stories, in their own words." "The former revolutionaries and guerrillas whose thoughts are collected here have almost 250 combined years experience at revolution and guerrilla warfare. When the AK-47s Fall Silent is their story."--Jacket.
Contents: "Hijo de de puta! Why did we ever fight?" -- José Obidio "Pepe" Puente Leoń, the living link -- Alejandro Pérez Bustamante, Sandino's bodyguard -- Alejandro Martínez Sáenz, Comandante Martínez -- Plutarco Elías Hernández Sancho, Comandante Marcial -- José Eduardo Sancho Castaneda, Comandante Fermán Cienfuegos -- Encarnación Baldivia Chavarria, Comandante Tigrillo -- Oscar Sobalvarro Garcia, Comandante Culebra/Rubén -- Saris Pérez, Angélica María -- Salomón Osorno Coleman, Comandante Blass -- Ambassador Myles R.R. Frechette, and American diplomat -- Major General Ian Douglas, a United Nations general -- Sergio Caramagna, and OAS peacemaker -- Timothy Charles Brown, editor.