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During the 1980s war in El Salvador, Radio Venceremos was the main news outlet for the Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN), the guerrilla organization that challenged the government. The broadcast provided a vital link between combatants in the mountains and the outside world, as well as an alternative to mainstream media reporting. In this first-person account, Santiago, the legend behind Radio Venceremos, tells the story of the early years of that conflict, a rebellion of poor peasants against the Salvadoran government and its benefactor, the United States. Originally published as <cite>La Terquedad del Izote, this memoir also addresses the broader story of a nationwide rebellion and its international context, particularly the intensifying Cold War and heavy U.S. involvement in it under President Reagan. By the war's end in 1992, more than 75,000 were dead and 350,000 wounded-in a country the size of Massachusetts. Although outnumbered and outfinanced, the rebels fought the Salvadoran Army to a draw and brought eugh bargaining power to the negotiating table to achieve some of their key objectives, including democratic reforms and an overhaul of the security forces. <cite>Broadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador is a riveting account from the rebels' point of view that lends immediacy to the Salvadoran conflict. It should appeal to all who are interested in historic memory and human rights, U.S. policy toward Central America, and the role the media can play in wartime.

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PublisherUniversity of Texas Press

ISBN-100292728956

ISBN-139780292728950

eBay Product ID (ePID)108566625

Product Key Features

Number of Pages293 Pages

Publication NameBroadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador : a Memoir of Guerrilla Radio

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

SubjectFilm, TV & Radio

TypeTextbook

AuthorCarlos Henriquez Consalvi

Subject AreaHistory, Performing Arts

SeriesLlilas Translations from Latin America Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback (Us), Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Height229mm

Width152mm

Weight435g

Additional Product Features

Date of Publication01/05/2011

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Place of PublicationAustin, Tx

Spine25mm

Introduction byErik Ching

Series TitleLlilas Translations from Latin America Series

Translated byCharles Leo V. Nagle,A. L. Prince

Country of PublicationUnited States

GenreFilm, TV & Radio

Author BiographyCARLOS HENRIQUEZ CONSALVI ( Santiago ) is founder and director of the Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen in San Salvador, El Salvador. CHARLES NAGLE is a graduate student at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. BILL PRINCE is Professor of Spanish at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. ERIK CHING is Associate Professor of History at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.

Content Note34 B&W Photos