The Guatemalan military project
Subtitle: a violence called democracy
By: Jennifer Schirmer.
Series: Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
Subjects: Political persecution -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century.; Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Government relations.; Civil-military relations -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century.; Guatemala -- Politics and government -- 1945-1985.; Guatemala -- Politics and government -- 1985-; Guatemala -- Armed Forces -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century.; Guatemala -- Military policy.
Description: In The Guatemalan Military Project, Jennifer Schirmer sheds light on the militarys role in Guatemala through a series of extensive interviews striking in their brutal frankness and revealing of the character of the oppressors. High-ranking officers explain in their own words their thoughts and feelings regarding opposition national security doctrine, democracy, human rights, and law.

Additional interviews with congressional deputies, Guatemalan lawyers, journalists, social scientists, and even an ex-president give a full and vivid account of the Guatemalan power structure and ruling system.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-332) and index.