In Review
Guatemala: Eternal Spring, Eternal Tyranny by Jean-Marie Simon. W.W. Norton & Co., 1987, 256 pp. $19.95 (paper). A stunning portrait of Guatemala. Shot over the last six years,...
...Princeton University Press, 1987, 393 pp., $24.95 (cloth...
...Peasant leader Elvia Alvarado's story tells us far more about Honduras than the reams of political punditry abundant since 1980...
...Condemned to Repetition: The United States and Nicaragua by Robert A. Pastor...
...Party Politics in Belize by Assad Shoman...
...Dealing with the experience of development and the problems of ethnicity in a multi-ethnic Third World country, the papers present an often controversial as well as original and first-hand analysis of Belize today...
...Includes a useful chronology...
...The Crimes of Patriots: A True Tale of Dope, Dirty Money and the CIA by Jonathan Kwitny...
...Why did everyone's nightmare come true...
...Pantheon Books, 1988, 250 pp., $19.95 (cloth) $8.95 (paper...
...A series of vignettes tracing the history of Puerto Rico from colonial times to the current period...
...Actors come and go...
...South End Press, 1988, 178 pp., $25 (cloth...
...Life histories have a way of penetrating our thick cultural skin to bring home the essence of political struggle abroad...
...It is the roles that stay, and that we need to be concemed with," writes Wall Street Journal reporter Kwitny in the prologue to this fascinating expose of Nugan Hand Bank...
...Applies a methodology used to estimate growth rates for Soviet and Eastern European economies to Cuba...
...State University of New York Press, 1988, 283 pp...
...Belize: Ethnicity and Development, Society for the Promotion of Education and Research (SPEAR), 1987, 170 pp., $5 (Belize $9.95), (cloth...
...Don't Be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks from the Heart translated and edited by Medea Benjamin...
...writes Pastor...
...Dora L icha's Island: Modern Colonialism in Puerto Rico by Alfredo L6pez...
...The product of the first annual Studies on Belize Conference held in May 1987 in Belize City, the papers are with one exception (that of noted British sociologist Nigel Bolland) written by Belizeans working to build their new nation...
...Includes a description of the country's party and electoral system as well as a detailed account of the constitutions and operations of the two major political parties.(Cubola Productions, 35 Elizabeth St., Benque Viejo del Carmen, Belize, Central America...
...Refugees of a Hidden War: The Aftermath of Counterinsurgency in Guatemala by Beatriz Manz...
...These annual conferences represent a new opportunity for the exchange of research and ideas in Belize, augmented by the commitment of SPEAR, an independent research and education organization, to make the proceedings available in an inexpensive spiral-bound format...
...Written by a principal actor in the history described-the movement for independence and the construction of a modem state-the book is invaluable for Belizeans who would understand the current political scene in their country and is an important contribution to the literature on the nature of the state and the political process in the English-speaking Caribbean...
...A masterful unraveling of a scam which preceded, and in many ways mirrored, the Iran-contra scandal...
...Shot over the last six years, Simon's photos are fascinating, some of them unforgettable...
...policy...
...Taken with the text, which draws on a variety of sources, these images provide beautiful yet disturbing insight into this country...
...SPEAR, PO Box 571, Belize City, Belize...
...Measuring Cuban Economic Performance by Jorge P6rez-L6pez...
...Exhaustive indexes and charts which suggest that overall, the Cuban economy grew in real terms from 1965-1982...
...A painstakingly detailed study of Cuban economic performance...
...A highly readable and descriptive introduction to issues affecting the island today...
...A beautifully produced volume (with rare old photos, many in full color) which synthesizes the archival and contemporary research, published and unpublished, on this city of many ethnic groups and a complicated constitutional history...
...Excellent for classroom use...
...Nine experts examine low-intensity doctrine in theory and practice, looking at the cases of Salvador, Nicaragua, the Philippines and Afghanistan...
...16.95 (paper...
...9 (paper...
...The question is not who lost Nicaragua but rather, why has everyone associated with the tragedy of the last decade lost...
...Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First Books, 1987, 170 pp...
...She demonstrates compellingly how the Army has sunk institutional roots in the countryside to perpetuate its control...
...Cubola Productions, 1987, 91 pp., $5.50 (cloth...
...Written by Carter's director of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs at the National Security Council, this book provides an interesting and insightful account of the making of U.S...
...46.50 (cloth...
...With a staff of former U.S...
...Contrary to what one might expect from the title, the author offers policy alternatives...
...Cubola Productions, 1987, 83 pp...
...military and intelligence officers, the bank dealt in arms, drugs and fraud...
...policy toward Nicaragua from 19771987...
...An inspiring tale and a biting indictment of U.S...
...6 (paper...
...An important contribution to this on-going debate...
...Chilean anthropologist Beatriz Manz examines the holocaust's impact on Indian communities in three of the hardest hit regions of Guatemala...
...University of Texas Press, 1987, 202 pp., $25 (cloth...
...Norton & Co, 1987, 424 pp., $19.95 (cloth...
...Scholarly and eloquent, an excellent book...
...The Baymen's Legacy: A Portrait of Belize City by Byron Foster...
...Low-Intensity Warfare: Counterinsurgency, Proinsurgency, and Antiterrorism in the Eighties edited by Michael T. Klare and Peter Kornbluh...
Vol. 22 • March 1988 • No. 2
