In Review
Sendero Luminoso and the Threat of Narcoterrorism by Gabriela TarazonaSevillano with John B. Reuter, Center for Strategic and International Studies/ Praeger, 1990, 168 pp., $35...
...This book takes us through the invasion and beyond, examining current conditions in Panama...
...An invaluable reference work...
...available from DESCO, Le6n de la Fuente 110, Lima 17, Peru...
...Of note are two appendices which look at U.S...
...This scholarly look at the Peruvian case uses extensive and meticulous documentation to challenge a key argument of dependency theory: that "autonomous" nationalist regimes would have been preferable to the export models that finally triumphed...
...Development Strategies as Ideology: Puerto Rico's Export-Led Industrialization Experience by Emilio Pantojas-Garcia, Lynne Reinner, 1990, 205 pp., $32.50 (cloth...
...While there are plenty of photos of wealthy Panamanians sporting "Just Cause" T-shirts, the accompanying text concludes that the December 1989 invasion was designed more for domestic than Panamanian consumption...
...Victoria Ocampo, Marfa Luisa Bumbal, Elena Poniatowska, and many others...
...The consolidation of Liberal freemarket elites in the nineteenth century was a difficult process...
...Knives and Angels: Women Writers in Latin America ed...
...After the Bombs by Arturo Arias (translated by Asa Zatz), Curbstone Press, 1990, 221 pp., $10.95 (paper...
...violations of international law and compare the human rights records of the Noriega and Endara governments...
...An overview of recent Nicaraguan history and the first book to examine the performance of the Chamorro government during its initial 100 days in office...
...Senderology": factually accurate, heavy on the drug connection, geared to making the "Sendero threat" hit home in Washington...
...Invasion: The American Destruction of the Noriega Regime in Panama by David S. Behar and Godfrey Harris, Americas Group, 1990, 1 4 4 pp., $29.95 (cloth...
...by Susan Bassnett, Zed Press, 1990, 202 pp., $49.95 (cloth), $15.00 (paper...
...This concise account of Peru's Maoist guerrillas is a fairly good example of U.S...
...This book examines the attempts at Caribbean integration, the arms race and militarization, and the often difficult relations between Latin America and the English-speaking Caribbean nations...
...This collection often essays by historians, sociologists, political scientists, and anthropologists, examines protest movements ranging from Peru's Shining Path to Christian base communities in Brazil and Central America...
...Country- or movement-specific as well as comparative analyses illuminate the many cultural, political and economic criteria for explaining these movements' emergence and outcome...
...Between Silver and Guano: Commercial Policy and the State in PostIndependence Peru by Paul Gootenburg, Princeton Univ., 1990, 234 pp., $39.00 (cloth...
...There is a part of Guatemala that only fiction can capture...
...Nicaragua: A Country Guide by Kent Norsworthy with Tom Barry, InterHemispheric Resource Center, 1990, 219 pp., $9.95 (paper...
...What factors contribute to their success or failure...
...One of a series of seven country reports on Central America, Belize and Panama...
...A lyrical account of the 1954 coup and its ongoing aftermath, After the Bombs is at once horrifying and humorous, ironic and insightful...
...and essays by majorpolitical, military and church leaders, as well as key editorials from the press...
...DESCO, 1989, 1077 pp...
...These are Latin America's foremost women writers, whose works, often little known in translation, are analyzed in this volume...
...Sendero Luminoso and the Threat of Narcoterrorism by Gabriela TarazonaSevillano with John B. Reuter, Center for Strategic and International Studies/ Praeger, 1990, 168 pp., $35 (cloth), $12.95 (paper...
...a detailed 300-page chronology...
...This book places the Puerto Rican experience within the framework of a theoretical discussion of the various development models tried out in Latin America over the last four decades, and offers a case study of the long-term impact of export promotion...
...by Andres Serbin, Lynne Reinner, 1990, 129 pp., $25.00 (cloth...
...Why do social revolts occur...
...This exhaustive compendium includes data from various government ministries, the Peruvian Congress and DESCO itself...
...An accessible and useful account of Panamanian history and the roots of recent U.S...
...The Caribbean is a region with its own distinct geopolitical dynamics...
...Power and Popular Protest: Latin American Social Movements ed...
...If you missed it on the nightly news, this photo book will give you a blowby-blow look at the invasion of Panama, from the bombing of Noriega's headquarters (and the homes of 12,000 Panamanians) to the massive looting and destruction that followed...
...Caribbean Geopolitics: Toward Security Through Peace...
...Every counterinsurgency war spawns its own academic cottage industry...
...Puerto Rico's 1950s "Operation Bootstrap" was an early icon of the export-oriented development model now heralded by IMF technocrats the world over...
...Chapters on politics, the military, the economy, society and the environment, and foreign influence make this a timely and useful resource...
...of California Press, 1989, 342 pp., $13.95 (paper...
...The war against Sendero is no exception...
...Panama: Made in the USA by John Weeks and Phil Gunson, Latin America Bureau, 1990, 131 pp., $8.00 (paper...
...The Centro de Estudios y Promoci6n del Desarrollo (DESCO) has emerged as the most reliable source of information and analysis of political violence in Peru...
...by Susan Eckstein, Univ...
...Eleven essays examine the major themes contemporary Latin American women writers have addressed and provide an excellent bibliography for further study...
...A final chapter looks at efforts to establish a de-nuclearized "peace zone" in the Caribbean...
...policy...
...Violencia Politica en el Perti, 19801988 (2 vols...
...Guatemalan novelist Arturo Arias is well-acquainted with his country's real--and surreal-history...
Vol. 24 • December 1990 • No. 4
