Unfinished Conquest

Download or read book Unfinished Conquest written by Victor Perera and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1995-11-14 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning the years of civil war in Guatemala, this book 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, readers are introduced to the victims, champions, and villains of a society torn apart by violence and injustice.