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...Peter T. Johnson Sendero Luminoso and the Threat of Narcoterrorism . By Tarazona-Sevillano Gabriela , with Reuter John B. . New York : Praeger Publishers , 1990 . Figures. Notes. Bibliography. xvi , 168 pp. Paper . $12.95 . Copyright 1991 by Duke University Press 1991...

...Jo-Marie Burt La voluntad encarcelada: Las “luminosas trincheras de combate” de Sendero Luminoso del Perú . By Rénique José Luis . Lima : Instituto de Estudios Peruanos , 2003 . Bibliography. 177 pp. Paper . Copyright 2005 by Duke University Press 2005 I would gladly use...

...David P. Werlich Militarism and Politics in Latin America: Peru from Sánchez Cerro to Sendero Luminoso . By Masterson Daniel M. . Westport : Greenwood Press , 1991 . Photographs. Maps. Chronology. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. xiii, 345 pp. Cloth . $59.95 . Copyright 1995...

... Peruvianized. The study covers the period from the uprising of indigenous peoples and Juan Bustamante in the mid – nineteenth century down through the years of Sendero Luminoso and beyond. A little less than half the book chronicles the period from the 1860s through the 1950s; the remainder examines...

... the nation as the deadly war between Sendero Luminoso and the security forces. As always, Senderologist Degregori’s essay on insurgency leader Abi-mael Guzmán is insightful, but it is a postscript. The volume lacks an overview of this tragic, era-defining struggle. Nevertheless, The Peruvian Labyrinth...

... into his government’s understanding or response to the mounting threat from Sendero Luminoso. This five-year period was perhaps the most devastating in modern Peruvian history, and this harsh reality is not reflected in García’s discourse. We see no mention of the failures of the armed forces to meet...

... proved to be a lucrative source of revolutionary funds for such groups as Colombia’s M-19 and Peru’s Sendero Luminoso. Although Gross’s descriptions of individual guerrilla groups are short, many are rich in detail. We learn, for example, of Juan Perón’s open contempt for Argentina’s montoneros after...

... services to anticipate the terrible campaign of Sendero Luminoso and the widespread human rights abuses in response to terrorism. In the aftermath of the Peruvian Truth Commission’s report on the human costs of Peru’s recent civil war, this might well be the best opportunity for scholars to gain access...

... places as Brazil and Chile. The Peronistas are painted with the same brush as Sendero Luminoso At times the authors venture into novel territory. They borrow the concept of “deracination” from the Palestinian problem to explain, vaguely, the efforts of elites to deny the importance of race...

... and Brazil, had often lost their legitimacy because they no longer represented the new social actors on the scene such as women, shantytown residents, or the newly educated provincial youth (as in the case of Sendero Luminoso in Peru). The violent, hierarchical nature of Sendero makes it stand apart from...

... and necessary reading for those interested in an up-to-date discussion of the seemingly intractable problems of contemporary Peru. The treatment of Sendero Luminoso, for example, is connected with the general political and economic context. Crabtree’s approach is not shared by most senderólogos , who tend...

... in the HAHR; Clifford T. Smith’s polished summary of the 1876 census; Nigel Haworth’s discussion of the literature on Peruvian industrial relations; and Colin Harding’s useful overview of Sendero Luminoso. ...

... to replicate the “miracles” touted of them in Chile and Argentina. Instead, Peru was ravaged by climatic disasters, plummeting trade terms, and a dysfunctional austerity program dictated by the International Monetary Fund. Rudolph faults Belaúnde for failing to nip the nascent Sendero Luminoso in the bud...

... analysis to date of the social and political changes brought about by reform at the local level. In examining the reform’s impact on Huanoquite, the author also challenges some of the principal explanations scholars have offered for the explosive advance of Sendero Luminoso and its so-called People’s...

... to the latter. She observed neighborhoods in well-established Paucarpata pueblos jóvenes near Arequipa in 1987 and 1989, when Sendero Luminoso was very active and municipal election campaigns were in progress. By 1989, few such neighborhoods could boast of sewerage or water service. In spite of herself...

... Luminosos targeting of women leaders in Lima’s collective kitchens) and Nicaragua (the evolution of the feminist movement). An especially interesting chapter, by Elsa Chaney and Aida Moreno Valenzuela, is presented as a dialogue between a researcher and an activist. They focus on the work conditions...

... The result of a one-day conference held in Amsterdam in November 1994, this collection concentrates on rebellions, past and present, in Chiapas and the Andes because the Zapatistas and Sendero Luminoso have been “in the spotlights” (p. vii). Much of the Chiapas material, essays by Jan De Vos, Kevin...

... are striking. Nothing is offered on either women’s or native American organizations. Since these groups are the “others” emphasized by postmodernism, it would seem for this reason alone that they would deserve some attention. Finally, the absence of any discussion of Sendero Luminoso is surprising. Whether...

... includes a history and assessment of the so-called military revolution (1968-80); and then in three final chapters the origins and trajectory of the United Left, Popular Action, and Popular Christian parties, and the rise of Sendero Luminoso. The discussion of the latter is highlighted by a recorded...

... dislocations that contributed to the empowerment of antisystemic forces, such as Sendero Luminoso. The Peruvian state, in short, was its own worst enemy, planting the seeds of its weakness through poorly supported policy ambitions that led to unintentional consequences. In the midst of this history, Mauceri...