Unfinished Conquest

Disciplines History Latin American History

About the Book

Spanning the years of civil war in Guatemala, Unfinished Conquest portrays an embattled country facing the third cycle of a conquest that began when the conquistadors arrived in the sixteenth century. As personal narrative weaves with reportage and oral testimony, we meet the victims, champions, and villains of a society torn apart by violence and injustice.

About the Author

Victor Perera (1934-2003) was novelist and writer whose books include Rites: A Guatemalan Boyhood (1985) and The Last Lords of Palenque (California, 1986).

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction

PART I
1. Guatemala City
2. La Violencia
3. The New Conquerors

PART II THE IXIL TRIANGLE
4. Nebaj
5. Cotzal
6. The War Goes On

PART III HUEHUETENANGO
7. The Crosses of Todos Santos
8. San Mateo Ixtatan

PART IV SANTIAGO A TIT LAN
9. Father Stan Rother
10. The Missionaries' Return

PART V EL PETEN
11. Saving the Mayas' Rain Forest
12. The Battle Is Joined

PART VI
13. Unfinished Conquest
14. Profiles and Portents
15. Profiles and Portents II
16. The New Indian versus the New Maya
17. The Evangelical Presidents

Epilogue
Afterword
Bibliography
Index