Fire Down Below: A Review Essay on the Central American Crisis
1985; Oxford University Press; Volume: 9; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1467-7709.1985.tb00529.x
ISSN1467-7709
Autores Tópico(s)Cuban History and Society
ResumoTwenty-five years from now Nicaragua may be another Cuba; fifty years hence Central America could very well be a western hemispheric Yugoslavia; or, in 2085, historical atlases may chart the making of a vast expanse of territory called “The United States of North and Central America.” Whatever Central America's future, twenty-first-century historians will doubtless assess the 1980s as formative years in the shaping of U.S. policy toward the region, or, perhaps more accurately, years when Central America significantly altered the global priorities of the United States. The following books will occupy a central place in their analyses. The most instructive guide is the Kissinger Commission Report, not so much for its contrived explanation of the Central American situation as a combination of internal and external causes but for its implied admission that there may be little we can really do about the isthmian crisis. Hurriedly assembled in mid-1983, rushed through what must have been an exhausting schedule of interviews with witnesses in this country and in Central America, and just as rapidly divulged of its message and accompanying documents, the commission came to predictable conclusions.
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