In December 1931, El Salvador’s civilian president, Arturo Araujo, was overthrown in a military coup. Such an event was hardly unique in Salvadoran history, b

El Salvador's civil war began in 1980 and ended twelve bloody years later. It saw extreme violence on both sides, including the terrorizing and targeting of civ

This book offers a thorough and fair-minded interpretation of the role of the United States in El Salvador's civil war.

This book, first published in 2000, analyzes the role of economically marginalized people in recent transitions to democratic rule.