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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Binford, Leigh, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

El Mozote Massacre, El Mozote, El Salvador, 1981.

Massacres--El Salvador--El Mozote--History.

Massacres.

Human rights--El Salvador.

Human rights.

Ethnology--El Salvador.

Ethnology.

El Salvador--History--Civil War, 1979-1992.

El Salvador.

El Mozote (El Salvador)--History.

El Mozote (El Salvador).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

Revised and expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8165-3366-0

OCLC:

936625176