Revolution in El Salvador
Subtitle: from civil strife to civil peace
By: Tommie Sue Montgomery ; introduction by Ignacio Martín-Baró and Rodolfo Cardenal.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Insurgency -- El Salvador -- History; El Salvador -- History -- 1979-1992
Description: Since the first edition of this book appeared in 1982, a decade of civil war has ended in a peace accord that promises to change the course of Salvadorean society and politics. Concentrating on the period since 1960, the author sheds new light on U.S. involvement in the increasing militarization of the country and on the origins of the oligarchy-army rupture in 1979.

In the new edition, Montgomery offers a detailed account of the evolution of the war, a clear analysis of why Duarte's promises for peace and prosperity could not be fulfilled, and an evaluation of the electoral victory of the oligarchy in 1989. Final chapters offer an assessment of El Salvador's prospects for peace.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-326) and index.