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"Terror is the given of the place." The place is El Salvador in 1982, at the ghastly height of its civil war. The writer is Joan Didion, who delivers an anatomy of that country's particular brand of terror-its mechanisms, rationales, and intimate relation to United States foreign policy.As ash travels from battlefields to body dumps, interviews a puppet president, and considers the distinctly Salvadoran grammar of the verb "to disappear," Didion gives us a book that is germane to any country in which bloodshed has become a standard tool of politics.
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About the Author

Joan Didion was born in California and lives in New York City. She is the author of five novels and seven previous books of nonfiction.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780679751830
Author:
Didion, Joan
Publisher:
Vintage Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Terrorism
Subject:
International
Subject:
Government and political science
Subject:
History, theory and practice
Subject:
Civil Rights
Subject:
Central America
Subject:
Human Rights
Subject:
El salvador
Subject:
Human rights -- El Salvador.
Subject:
El Salvador Politics and government 1992-
Subject:
International Relations - General
Subject:
Latin America - Central America
Subject:
Travel
Subject:
El Salvador - Politics and government - 1979-
Subject:
International Relations
Subject:
World History-Central America
Copyright:
1994
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series:
Vintage International
Series Volume:
v. V
Publication Date:
19940431
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
112
Dimensions:
8 x 5.05 x 0.3 in 0.2 lb
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