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Political Science General

Bridge of Courage

Life Stories of the Guatemalan Companeros and Companeras

by (author) Jennifer Harbury

foreword by Noam Chomsky

Publisher
Vehicule Press
Initial publish date
Sep 1993
Category
General, Civil Rights
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550650471
    Publish Date
    Sep 1993
    List Price
    $17.95

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Description

Jennifer Harbury has collected the eloquent testimonies of guerillas living and fighting in the mountains of Guatemala. Harbury's husband, a guerilla commander, was arrested by the Guatemalan army. Harbury highlights the violation of human rights in Guatemala. "This book is an anthology, a collection of oral anthologies ... I have written down those stories just as they were told to me."

About the authors

Jennifer Harbury has collected the eloquent testimonies of guerillas living and fighting in the mountains of Guatemala. Harbury's husband, a guerilla commander, was arrested by the Guatemalan army. Being an American and a Harvard-trained lawyer has enabled Harbury to pursue her husband's disappearance and to highlight the violation of human rights in Guatemala.

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Noam Chomsky is an internationally acclaimed philosopher, scholar, and political activist. He is Professor in Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chomsky's books include The Culture of Terrorism, Fateful Triangle, Letters from Lexington, Pirates and Emperors, Old and New, Powers and Prospects, Rethinking Camelot, Turning the Tide, The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism, and YEAR 501.

 

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