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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798161003321

Autore

Binford Leigh <1948->

Titolo

The El Mozote massacre : human rights and global implications / / Leigh Binford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tucson : , : University of Arizona Press, , [2016]

ISBN

0-8165-3366-0

Edizione

[Revised and expanded edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Disciplina

972.8405/3

Soggetti

El Mozote Massacre, El Mozote, El Salvador, 1981

Massacres - El Salvador - El Mozote - History

Human rights - El Salvador

Ethnology - El Salvador

El Salvador History 1979-1992

El Mozote (El Salvador) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface to the Revised Edition; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Reducing Cultural Distance in Human Rights Reporting; 1. The Massacre; 2. The Eye of the Oligarchy; 3. The U.S. Cover-Up; 4. The Nascent Community of El Mozote; 5. The Politics of Repression and Survival in Northern Morazán; 6. Investigation and Judgment; 7. A Reformed Military?; 8. History and Memory; 9. Representation, Witness, and Silence; 10. The Struggle for Justice; 11. Nunca Más!: El Mozote, Human Rights, and Transitional Justice; Chronology; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"This book brings a fresh perspective on what may be the largest massacre in modern Latin American history. Many new additions are included, such as data from half a dozen field trips, discussions of reconstruction and the fight for justice, and the relation of the massacre to the region"--Provided by publisher.