Central America: A Nation Divided

This popular book surveys the history of the Central American region, covering Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rico, and Panama, from pre-Columbian times to the present. Now completely updated, this third edition includes coverage of the civil wars in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, as well as the restoration of peace to the reckon under the Central American peace accords. It also recounts and analyzes the substantial changes that have occurred in the economic a…