This article examines the history and ideology of the Communist Party of Peru-Shining Path
(Sendero Luminoso). The rebels claim to embody a distinctively Peruvian Marxism …

Este libro reconstruye el sustrato cultural del que se nutrió la insurrección senderista y
analiza las trayectorias personales de sus principales dirigentes. El libro explora una época …

Three parallel wars were fought in the latter half of the twentieth century in El Salvador,
Guatemala and Nicaragua. These wars were long and brutal, dividing international opinion …

El 26 de enero de 1983, ocho periodistas fueron masacrados en la comunidad quechua de
Uchuraccay, ubicada en las partes altas (punas) de la provincia de Huanta, Ayacucho …

Speaking at a 1913 National Geographic Society gala, Hiram Bingham III, the American
explorer celebrated for finding the" lost city" of the Andes two years earlier, suggested that …

This article offers a theory of rebel targeting in civil war. Rebels face two logics of targeting:
the logic of compliance in areas where they are fighting for territory, and the logic of …

Honorable Mention for Best Book Award from the Historia Reciente y Memoria Section of the
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)​ Memories before the State examines the …

During the 1980s and 1990s, Peru's Marginal Highway became the target of two inextricable
conflicts: a bitter counter-insurgency war with the Maoist Shining Path and a US-sponsored …

1.2. Gini coefficients of inequality in the distribution of income: Peru in 1971 and 1981; Latin
America, East Asia, and the industrialized countries in the 1970s. 1.3. Summary of changes …

Durante el conflicto armado interno peruano en las comunidades de Manta y Vilca se
instalaron bases militares, con el fin de mantener el orden de la zona. Sin embargo, de …