Inside Central America: The Essential Facts, Past and Present, on El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and Costa Rica

Since 1979, United States policy in Central America has been based on an assumption that revolutionary movements led by Marxists must represent a serious threat to U.S. interests and security. On this point, the difference between liberals and conservatives is merely one of emphasis or accent. Such an assumption is not shared by most governments in Western Europe and Latin America. In part, these countries base their positions on their understanding of the originas of the present crisis--that is, the history, both remote and recent, of Central America. (Original publication 6/85) Essays Analyze The Policies Of The United States Government Toward El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, And The Other Countries Of Central America. Central America Today: A Study In Regional Dependency / Edelberto Torres-rivas -- Reagan And Central America: Strategy Through A Fractured Lens / Luis Maira -- Liberation And Revolution: Christianity As A Subversive Activity In Central America / Tommie Sue Montgomery -- Reactionary Despotism In El Salvador: An Impediment To Democratic Transition / Enrique A. Baloyra -- Revolution And Crisis In Nicaragua / Richard Fagen -- State Violence And Agrarian Crisis In Guatemala: The Roots Of The Indian-peasant Rebellion / Shelton H. Davis -- Guatemala: Social Change And Political Conflict / Lars Schöultz -- Honduras: On The Border Of War / Steven Volk -- Epilogue: America's Backyard / Günter Grass. Edited By Martin Diskin ; With A Foreword By John Womack, Jr. And An Epilogue By Günter Grass. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Edited By Cynthia Brown ; Preface By Jacobo Timerman ; Introduction By Alfred Stepan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Offers an appraisal of the situation from the perspective of the poor and unrepresented citizens of Central Amer. Examines the status of civil rights in the Latin American countries