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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Matt Eisenbrandt , Benjamín CuéllarPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780520286801ISBN 10: 0520286804 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 24 January 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Photos Key Figures Maps 1 * Informational Goulash : Prior Investigations of the Romero Assassination 2 * In Violation of the Law of Nations : The Romero Assassination Comes to the United States 3 * The Enemy Comes from Our People : Coffee, Anti-Communism, and the Death Squads 4 * The Door of History : Archbishop Romero and the Catholic Church in El Salvador 5 * A Bed to Drop Dead In : The Search for Alvaro Saravia and the Death Squad Financiers 6 * ARENA's Achilles' Heel : Our First Trip to El Salvador 7 * Baby Robbers, Mad Bombers, and Other Assorted Criminals: Saravia's Escape to Miami Brings U.S. Foreign Policy Full Circle 8 * You're Making a Lot of Noise : Looking for Evidence on the Death Squad Financiers 9 * You Know Better Than to Ask That : The Search for the Getaway Driver 10 * A Rabid Anti-Communist : Meeting Witnesses from the ARENA Party 11 * We Don't Have a Clue What the Hell Is Going On : The Continuing Hunt for Saravia and Insider Witnesses 12 * God Forgive Me for What I'm Going to Do : An Insider Goes on the Record 13 * There Must Have Been a Thousand Romeros : Final Interviews and Trial Preparation 14 * Of a Magnitude That Is Hardly Describable : The Romero Assassination Case Goes to Trial 15 * The Fleas Always Stick to the Skinniest Dog : The Verdict's Impact on Saravia Epilogue Afterword, by Benjamin Cuellar Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography IndexReviewsOur Favorite Books of 2016: Part detective story, part historical reminiscence, it shows the reader how hard it is to prosecute such cases, and why so many human rights violators go unpunished. The Progressive Our Favorite Books of 2016: Part detective story, part historical reminiscence, it shows the reader how hard it is to prosecute such cases, and why so many human rights violators go unpunished. The Progressive Fast paced, informative and dramatic... Imagine a report from Amnesty International written by Graham Greene and John LeCarre in tandem and you will have a sense of Eisenbrandt's exciting and well-written achievement. Vancouver Sun An intriguing story filled with tragic 'if-only's' and powerful -examples of courage. Library Journal Author InformationMatt Eisenbrandt is a human-rights attorney who has devoted his career to finding legal means to prosecute war crimes. In the early 2000s, he served as the Center for Justice and Accountability's Legal Director and a member of the trial team against one of Oscar Romero's killers. He is an expert in the field of U.S. human-rights litigation and now works for the Canadian Centre for International Justice. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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