Resisting Reagan: The U.S. Central America Peace MovementA comprehensive analysis of the U.S. Central America peace movement, Resisting Reagan explains why more than one hundred thousand U.S. citizens marched in the streets, illegally housed refugees, traveled to Central American war zones, committed civil disobedience, and hounded their political representatives to contest the Reagan administration's policy of sponsoring wars in Nicaragua and El Salvador. Focusing on the movement's three most important national campaigns—Witness for Peace, Sanctuary, and the Pledge of Resistance—this book demonstrates the centrality of morality as a political motivator, highlights the importance of political opportunities in movement outcomes, and examines the social structuring of insurgent consciousness. Based on extensive surveys, interviews, and research, Resisting Reagan makes significant contributions to our understanding of the formation of individual activist identities, of national movement dynamics, and of religious resources for political activism. |
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... interest , advice , and class . It was a pleasure to work with him . Finally , many months of complete immersion in the detailed litera- ture on low - intensity warfare , torture , state repression , and foreign pol- icy driven by ...
... interest , advice , and class . It was a pleasure to work with him . Finally , many months of complete immersion in the detailed litera- ture on low - intensity warfare , torture , state repression , and foreign pol- icy driven by ...
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... interests of any thinking person concerned with the U.S. and Central America as it will to those of political activists working for social change and of sociologists , political scientists , and historians who read and write for ...
... interests of any thinking person concerned with the U.S. and Central America as it will to those of political activists working for social change and of sociologists , political scientists , and historians who read and write for ...
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... interests . " Clearly , Central America was at the top of President Reagan's foreign policy agenda . The question is , how did it get there ? MAINTAINING U.S. HEGEMONY OVER CENTRAL AMERICA Historically , the United States ' dealings ...
... interests . " Clearly , Central America was at the top of President Reagan's foreign policy agenda . The question is , how did it get there ? MAINTAINING U.S. HEGEMONY OVER CENTRAL AMERICA Historically , the United States ' dealings ...
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... interest absolutely dictates such a course . There is no room for any outside influence other than ours in this ... interests seemed safe , the security of Central America was entrusted to friendly local governments and private U.S. ...
... interest absolutely dictates such a course . There is no room for any outside influence other than ours in this ... interests seemed safe , the security of Central America was entrusted to friendly local governments and private U.S. ...
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... interest in Central America can only be comprehended against the backdrop of the real and perceived erosion of that U.S. hegemony not only in Central America , but around the world . The 1970s were a troublesome time for the U.S. In ...
... interest in Central America can only be comprehended against the backdrop of the real and perceived erosion of that U.S. hegemony not only in Central America , but around the world . The 1970s were a troublesome time for the U.S. In ...
Contents
part two The Movement Emerges | 57 |
Illustrations follow page 208 | 209 |
part three Maintaining the Struggle | 209 |
part four Assessing the Movement | 363 |
The Distribution and Activities of Central America Peace Movement Organizations | 387 |
Notes | 393 |
Bibliography | 419 |
Index | 453 |
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