The Quiet Revolutionaries
Subtitle: Seeking Justice in Guatemala
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: September 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780292716766
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Civil war; c 1990 to c 2000; History; History - General History; History: World; Latin America - Central America; Political Advocacy; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; History / Central America; Disappeared persons; Disappeared persons' families; Guatemala; State-sponsored terrorism
Description: "The last three decades of the twentieth century brought relentless waves of death squads, political kidnappings, and other traumas to the people of Guatemala. Many people fled the country to escape the violence. Yet, at the same moment, a popular movement for justice brought together unlikely bands of behind-the-scenes heroes, blurring ethnic, geographic, and even class lines. The Quiet Revolutionaries is drawn from interviews conducted by Frank Afflitto in the early 1990s with more than eighty survivors of the state-sanctioned violence. Gathered under frequently life-threatening circumstances, the observations and recollections of these inspiring men and women form a unique perspective on collective efforts to produce change in politics, law, and public consciousness."--Back cover.