In The Guatemalan Military Project, Jennifer Schirmer sheds light on the militarys role in Guatemala through a series of extensive interviews striking in their brutal frankness and revealing of the character of the oppressors. High-ranking officers explain in their own words the…
In 1999, the Guatemala truth commission issued its report on human rights violations during Guatemala's thirty-six-year civil war that ended in 1996. The commission, sponsored by the UN, estimates the conflict resulted in 200,000 deaths and disappearances. The commission holds t…
In The Guatemalan Military Project, Jennifer Schirmer sheds light on the militarys role in Guatemala through a series of extensive interviews striking in their brutal frankness and revealing of the character of the oppressors. High-ranking officers explain in their own words the…