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Weakness and Deceit: America and El Salvador's Dirty War Paperback – April 7, 2016

by Raymond Bonner (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
A land and culture poorly understood by analysts, politicians, and voters in the far-off United States. A regime permeated with corruption; a country in the steel grip of a few families that disdained any system which might give a voice to the millions who kept them in comfort: guarding their children, watering their lawns and putting food on their tables. A brutal and remorseless police force and army trained in America, armed with American guns, and fighting a bloody proxy war against anyone who might conceivably be an American foe—whether or not they held a gun.

Sound familiar?

This was Central America in the 1980s, at a time when El Salvador was the centerpiece of a misguided and ultimately disastrous foreign policy. It resulted in atrocities that took the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and destabilized a region that has not recovered to this day. At a time when the Reagan Administration’s obsession with communism overwhelmed objections to its policies, Ray Bonner took a courageous, unflinching look at just who we were supporting and what the consequences were.

Now supplemented with a epilogue drawing on newly available, once-secret documents that detail the extent of America’s involvement in assassinations, including the infamous murder of three American nuns and a lay missionary in 1980, Weakness and Deceit is a classic, riveting and ultimately tragic account of foreign policy gone terribly wrong.
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  1. Print length
    392 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    OR Books
  4. Publication date
    April 7, 2016
  5. ISBN-10
    1682190269
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1682190265
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ OR Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 7, 2016
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 392 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1682190269
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1682190265
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.6 ounces
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

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  • Tom Mattson
    5.0 out of 5 stars You are on the ground during an incredible period of history.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2020
    Format: Paperback
    This book gives us an incredible look at the civil war in El Salvador—from an investigator and observer on the ground, one who was preeminently qualified to discover the real history on a day to day basis as a reporter for The New York Times. It is filled with facts and stories, and how people’s lives were impacted. It feels you are there, too, in dangerous times. It teaches Americans, and everyone, how American foreign policy and politics can contribute to tragedy close to home.
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