Societies of fear : the legacy of civil war, violence and terror in Latin America / ed. by Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt.

Introduction: Violence and fear in Latin America / Dirk Kruijt and Kees Koonings -- Exercises in state terrorism: the counter-insurgency campaigns in Guatemala and Peru / Dirk Kruijt -- Reaping the whirlwind / Carlos Ivan Degregori -- 'Welcome to the nightmare': Thoughts on the faceless warriors of the Lacandona Revolt of 1994 (Chiapas, Mexico) / Arij Ouweneel -- Political violence in post-revolutionary Mexico / Alan Knight -- The fear of indifference: Combatants' anxieties about the political identity of civilians during Argentina's Dirty War / Antonius Robben -- From the banality of violence to real terror: The case of Colombia / Daniel Pecaut -- Collective memories, fears and consensus: The politicalpsychology of the Chilean democratic transition / Patricio Silva -- Shadows of violence and political transition in Brazil: From military rule to democratic governance / Kees Koonings -- The transition under fire: Rethinking contemporary Mexican politics / Wil Pansters -- A loss of purpose: Crisis and transiti