Comparative Peace Processes in Latin America

This book is about ending guerrilla conflicts in Latin America through political means. It discusses peace processes aimed at ending military conflicts in the context of agreements that touch on some of the principal political, economic, social, and ethnic imbalances that led to conflict in the first place.

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Looks into cases of internal armed conflict in Latin America, in an effort to identify variables that facilitate or impede negotiated settlements to guerilla wars and to define key tasks of the postconflict period. An underlying belief of these studies is that military effort devoid of measures aimed at addressing root causes of conflict invites further cycles of violence. Countries compared are Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

Cynthia J. Arnson is Senior Program Associate of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C. She is the author, most recently, of Crossroads: Congress, the President, and Central America, 1976-1993.