TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword to the English Edition
The Database Project: A Means to Accomplish CIIDH's Objectives
Description of the Database Project
Sources of information
Methodology and teams for data collection and processing
Data collection teams
Working at a regional level
Data processing and analysis teamParent files and corresponding child and link files
Data base file clustersCIIDH’s Collaboration with Other Organizations
Chapter 1: A Few Essential Concepts
Institutional violence and social violence
Organized violence
Political violence
Terror
Agents or Perpetrators of Terror
Different Forms of Repression or Acts of Political Violence
The Manifestations of Political Violence in Guatemala
Chapter 2: Guatemala: General Information
Chapter 3: Political Violence in Guatemalan Society
Violence as a tool of political power
Army consolidation within the power structure (1970-1977)
Institutional chaos and military governments (1978-1983)
"Return to Democracy" (1984-1986)
The sixties and seventies
The military offensives of the eighties
Clandestine operations and selective terror
"Draining the Sea": Overt, Mass Terror & Major Army Operations
The strategic offensives "Operación Ceniza" and "Victoria 82"
Chapter 4: State Terror in Three Guatemalan Regions