El Salvador's Experience in the 198Os and 1990s as a Model of Democratization, Lessons Learned for Strategy in the New World Order,

Abstract

El Salvador, discovered in 1524, was brought under rule of the Captaincy General of Guatemala until 1821, when El Salvador and other Central America provinces, declared their independence from Spain. With an area of 8203 square miles, and almost 6 million people, it is located in the center of Central America. A small country with over population, about 290 inhabitants per square kilometer, which has passed through a recent armed conflict and a transition to a modem democracy, which still has not ended. The present paper relates and analyzes the causes of conflict, that basically were the Spanish heritage and international communist expansionism, the experience in the Armed conflict and actor that intervened in it, how El Salvador reached the peace, what is the current situation and the advantage in the whole process of democratic reforms, and lessons learned for strategy in the New World Order.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 18, 1995
Accession Number
ADA295568

Entities

People

  • Juan B. Escobar

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central America
  • Congress
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Insurgency
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Money
  • National Politics
  • Political Systems
  • Students
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • History
  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies