The United States, Honduras, And The Crisis In Central America

by Schulz,Donald E

• ISBN13: 9780813313238
• ISBN10: 0813313236
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1994-05-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Prior to the 1980s Honduras was an obscure backwater, of little public or policy concern in the United States. With the advent of the Reagan administration, however, Honduras became a launching pad for the administration's contra was against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and for counterinsurgency operations in El Salvador. Placing events in the context of Honduran history, the authors provide a fascinating account of Honduran domestic politics and of the personalities, motives, and maneuvers of policymakers on both sides of the U.S.-Honduras relationship-- too often a tale of intrigue, violence, and corruption.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Notes	p. 3
The Land of the Midnight Coup	p. 5
Notes	p. 49
The Strategy of Conflict	p. 53
The Backlash	p. 97
Notes	p. 137
The United States and Honduras: from Crisis to Crisis	p. 143
Notes	p. 184
A Journey into the Depths: Economic Crisis and Social Decay	p. 189
Notes	p. 220
The United States, Honduras, and the End of the Contra War	p. 225
Notes	p. 263
The Invisible Country	p. 267
Notes	p. 311
How Honduras Escaped Revolutionary Violence	p. 315
Notes	p. 333
Abbreviations	p. 337
Selected References	p. 341
About the Book and Authors	p. 351
Index	p. 353
Praise for the United States, Honduras, and the Crisis in Central America	p. 369
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