The Guatemalan Counterinsurgency Strategy
Abstract
For more than two decades, the government of another Central American country, Guatemala, has been fighting an insurgency. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, with some assistance from the United States, Guatemala was able to quash the insurgents. However, the insurgency rekindled in the mid 1970s. Yet, even while the insurgency gained strength, in 1977 the government of Guatemala rejected further United States aid because it considered President Carter's demands to improve human rights to be meddling in the country's internal affairs. Because the Guatemalan government was able to effectively counter the insurgency with little outside aid, this study reviews the political, social and economic events around which the insurgency developed, examines the Guatemalan strategy to counter the insurgency, and recommends the strategies that others might use to counter future insurgencies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 31, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA208050
Entities
People
- William D. Mcgill Ii
Organizations
- United States Army War College