Seeking peace in El Salvador : the struggle to reconstruct a nation at the end of the Cold War / Diana Villiers Negroponte.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Negroponte, Diana Villiers
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Peace-building > El Salvador > International cooperation.
Mediation, International.
United Nations > El Salvador.
United Nations. > Observer Mission in El Salvador.
Peacekeeping forces > El Salvador.
El Salvador > History > Civil War, 1979-1992.
El Salvador > Politics and government > 1979-1992.
Physical Description:xiv, 244 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical issues in El Salvador's peace process
  • Ancient conflicts, modern violence: the causes and context for civil war
  • Internal forces struggle to resolve the civil war
  • Internal pressures for ending Salvador's civil war
  • The United States: protagonist or mediator?
  • External influences on the negotiations to end the war in El Salvador
  • Introducing the United Nations
  • Four critical moments in the negotiations
  • Implementation of the Chapultepec Accords: the achievements
  • Challenges to the peace accords.