Table of Contents

* Introduction Revolution And Counterrevolution, 19441970 * Legacies of the Past: 15241944 * The Revolution of 19441954: The Democracy That Gave Way * Counterrevolution and Imperialism * Rebels and Death Squads I: The 1960s Crisis, 19701990 * Economic Growth and Crises of the 1970s and 1980s * Social Polarization, Social Crisis * Ethnic and Gender Dimensions of Crisis * Political Crises of the 1970s * The Revolutionary Crisis * Rebels and Death Squads II * Contradictions of Guatemalas Political Opening * Popular Bloc and Popular/Revolutionary Convergence * Restructuring Relations with the United States Conclusion: An Unlighted Path Toward The Future * Central America in the Balance: Prospects for the 1990s * The Battle for Guatemala

About the Author

Susanne Jonas teaches Latin American & Latino Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. An expert on Central America and Guatemala for over 32 years, she is the author of The Battle for Guatemala: Rebels, Death Squads,andU.S. Power (Westview 1991). She recently coedited Immigration: Civil Rights Issue for the Americas.