Long Journey to Justice: El Salvador, the United States, and Struggles against Empire

by Molly Todd

Book Overview

As bloody wars raged in Central America during the last third of the twentieth century, hundreds of North American groups "adopted" villages in war-torn Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Unlike government-based cold war-era Sister City programs, these pairings were formed by ordinary people, often inspired by individuals displaced by US-supported counterinsurgency operations.

Drawing on two decades of work with former refugees from El...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299330605
• ISBN13: 9780299330606
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"