Revolutionary movements in Latin America
Subtitle: El Salvador's FMLN & Peru's Shining Path
By: Cynthia McClintock.
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 492
Subjects: Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional.; Sendero Luminoso (Guerrilla group); El Salvador -- Politics and government -- 1979-1992.; Peru -- Politics and government -- 1980-; El Salvador -- Economic conditions -- 1945-; Peru -- Economic conditions -- 1968-; United States -- Foreign relations -- El Salvador.; El Salvador -- Foreign relations -- United States.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Peru.; Peru -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Description: Why were El Salvador's FMLN and Peru's Shining Path able to mount such serious revolutionary challenges in the 1980s and early 1990s? And why were they able to do so despite the fact that their countries' elected governments were widely considered democratic? These two guerrilla groups were very different, but both came close to success. To explain why, the author examines the complex interplay among political and economic factors, the nature of the revolutionary organization, and international actors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-462) and index.