NCJ Number
30412
Journal
CONFLICT STUDIES Issue: 23 Dated: (MAY 1972) Pages: 4-17
Date Published
1972
Length
14 pages
Annotation
A HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL REVIEW OF LEFT-WING GUERRILLA ACTIVITY DIRECTED AT GUATEMALA'S PERALTA GOVERNMENT IN THE 1960'S AND OF THE TERRORIST COUNTERINSURGENCY PROGRAM OF THE SUCCEEDING RIGHTIST MENDEZ MONTENEGRO GOVERNMENT.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR ANALYZES THE ROLE OF VIOLENCE AND TERRORIST TACTICS AS PRACTICED BY BOTH GOVERNMENT AND ANTIGOVERNMENT FACTIONS IN THE INTERNAL POLITICS OF GUATEMALA. HE EXAMINES THE 'INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF TERROR' BY THE GOVERNMENT AND HOW SUCH TACTICS ARE UTILIZED TO PACIFY A POPULACE BY LIQUIDATING POLITICAL ACTIVITY AND TO SUPPRESS A LARGE PORTION OF THE POPULATION WHO ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCALE OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL POWER.