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Author Garrard, Virginia, 1957-

Title Terror in the land of the Holy Spirit : Guatemala under General Efraín Ríos Montt, 1982-1983 / Virginia Garrard-Burnett
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 269 pages) : illustrations
Series Religion and global politics series
Religion and global politics.
Contents Ríos Montt earns his place in the history books : debates about la violencia -- Guatemala's descent into an ideology of violence -- Ríos Montt and the new Guatemala -- Terror -- "Los que matan en el nombre de Dios" : Ríos Montt and the religious question -- Blind eyes and willful ignorance : U.S. foreign policy, media, and foreign evangelicals
Summary Under the leadership of General Efrain Rios Montt, tens of thousands of people perished in what is now known as la violencia, or 'the Mayan holocaust'. This book views the Rios Montt era through the lens of history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Ríos Montt, Efraín -- Political and social views
Ríos Montt, Efraín -- Religion
SUBJECT Ríos Montt, Efraín fast
Subject State-sponsored terrorism -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century
Political violence -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century
Mayas -- Crimes against -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century
Human rights -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century
Christianity and politics -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century
Presidents -- Guatemala -- Biography
Christianity and politics
Human rights
Political and social views
Political violence
Politics and government
Presidents
Religion
State-sponsored terrorism
SUBJECT Guatemala -- Politics and government -- 1945-1985. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057652
Subject Guatemala
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199702039
0199702039