El Salvador In The 1980SDepicting a new stage of Salvadoran history that began in 1979, Mario Lungo Ucls offers an acute analysis of the transformation of El Salvador during the 1980's under the impact of revolution and counterinsurgency. This new and expanded English language edition of his award winning book traces the historical roots of the Salvadoran insurgency and demonstrates how the counterinsurgency efforts promoted by the United States failed to anticipate either