The Messy Little Thing Called Peace: Postwar Memories and Durable Disorder in El Salvador
<p class="first" id="d191180e81">We argue that present-day El Salvador is still enmeshed in a memory struggle over the meanings of the civil war (1980–92). With the United Nations (UN) Truth Commission having failed to address the roots o...
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| description | <p class="first" id="d191180e81">We argue that present-day El Salvador is still enmeshed in a memory struggle over
the meanings of the civil war (1980–92). With the United Nations (UN) Truth Commission
having
failed to address the roots of the civil war and initial postwar amnesty avoiding
prosecution and investigation of war crimes, a consensus about the past is yet to
be created.
Instead, maintaining prewar power constellations and the increased importance of the
military make us think of El Salvador as a durable disorder and a low-intensity democracy
at
best.
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| spelling | doaj.art-415683f48bd94ec2ab6431f272491d512023-12-06T12:28:46ZengPluto JournalsJournal of Global Faultlines2397-78252054-20892018-11-0151-2414810.13169/jglobfaul.5.1-2.0041The Messy Little Thing Called Peace: Postwar Memories and Durable Disorder in El SalvadorNorbert RossAntonia Ross Sanchez<p class="first" id="d191180e81">We argue that present-day El Salvador is still enmeshed in a memory struggle over the meanings of the civil war (1980–92). With the United Nations (UN) Truth Commission having failed to address the roots of the civil war and initial postwar amnesty avoiding prosecution and investigation of war crimes, a consensus about the past is yet to be created. Instead, maintaining prewar power constellations and the increased importance of the military make us think of El Salvador as a durable disorder and a low-intensity democracy at best. </p>https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/jglobfaul.5.1-2.0041 |
| spellingShingle | Norbert Ross Antonia Ross Sanchez The Messy Little Thing Called Peace: Postwar Memories and Durable Disorder in El Salvador Journal of Global Faultlines |
| title | The Messy Little Thing Called Peace: Postwar Memories and Durable Disorder in El Salvador |
| title_full | The Messy Little Thing Called Peace: Postwar Memories and Durable Disorder in El Salvador |
| title_fullStr | The Messy Little Thing Called Peace: Postwar Memories and Durable Disorder in El Salvador |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Messy Little Thing Called Peace: Postwar Memories and Durable Disorder in El Salvador |
| title_short | The Messy Little Thing Called Peace: Postwar Memories and Durable Disorder in El Salvador |
| title_sort | messy little thing called peace postwar memories and durable disorder in el salvador |
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