Societies of fear : the legacy of civil war, violence and terror in Latin America / edited by Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt.

Other author Koonings, Kees.
Other author Kruijt, Dirk.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1999.
Descriptionxii, 335 pages : map ; 24 cm
Subjects
Violence--Latin America.
Political violence--Latin America.
Terror--Latin America.
State-sponsored terrorism--Latin America.

Partial contents Introduction: Violence and fear in Latin America / Dirk Kruijt and Kees Koonings -- Exercises in state terrorism: the counter-insurgency campaigns in Guatemala and Peru / Dirk Kruijt -- Reaping the whirlwind / Carlos Ivan Degregori -- 'Welcome to the nightmare': Thoughts on the faceless warriors of the Lacandona Revolt of 1994 (Chiapas, Mexico) / Arij Ouweneel -- Political violence in post-revolutionary Mexico / Alan Knight -- The fear of indifference: Combatants' anxieties about the political identity of civilians during Argentina's Dirty War / Antonius Robben -- From the banality of violence to real terror: The case of Colombia / Daniel Pecaut -- Collective memories, fears and consensus: The political psychology of the Chilean democratic transition / Patricio Silva -- Shadows of violence and political transition in Brazil: From military rule to democratic governance / Kees Koonings -- The transition under fire: Rethinking contemporary Mexican politics / Wil Pansters -- A loss of purpose: Crisis and transition in Cuba / Gert Gostindie -- Epilogue: Notes on terror, violence, fear and democracy / Edelberto Torres-Rivas.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [301]-327) and index.
LCCN 99025722 99002572
ISBN1856497666 (hardcover)
ISBN1856497674 (pbk.)