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Resisting Reagan : the U.S. Central America peace movement

"Though more a study of US interest groups and social movements, provides useful information on US policy toward Central America. Somewhat sympathetic toward the peace movements' goals and to their definition of 'harassment.'"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57
eBook, English, ©1996
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, ©1996
History
1 online resource (xx, 464 pages)
9780226763330, 0226763331
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1. The Sources of Central American Unrest
2. United States Intervention
3. Low-Intensity Warfare
4. Launching the Peace Movement
5. Grasping the Big Picture
6. The Social Structure of Moral Outrage
7. The Individual Activists
8. Negotiating Strategies and Collective Identity
9. Fighting Battles of Public Discourse
10. Facing Harassment and Repression
11. Problems for Protesters Closer to Home
12. The Movement's Demise
13. What Did the Movement Achieve?
14. Lessons for Social-Movement Theory
Appendix: The Distribution and Activities of Central America Peace Movement Organizations