Why Choose Peace? The El Salvador Experience

Download or read book Why Choose Peace? The El Salvador Experience written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph answers the following question: What was the most significant catalyst that brought the two warring parties to the negotiating table at the Chapultepec Peace Accords in 1992? The United States government's foreign policy towards El Salvador between 1980- 1989, the war weariness of the Salvadorans, attempts of the Salvadoran government at reform, and the lack of unification of the FMLN all served as catalysts for peace negotiations between the FMLN and the Salvadoran government. El Salvador is an excellent case study which one can analyze the resolution of internal conflicts within a state or society. Most of the conditions cited in this monograph were necessary but not sufficient in resolving the conflict in El Salvador. Therefore, these conditions are dependant variables that need to be developed in conjunction to successfully stop the civil war. The findings demonstrate how not one condition was the tipping point or the sole key to ending the war in El Salvador, but that they all play key roles to resolve the conflict. In context of El Salvador's civil war, this monograph identifies some general principles that one can apply to future case studies.