the frustrations of reform and the illusions of nation building Schwarz, Benjamin C. creator author. National Defense Research Institute (U.S.) International Security and Defense Strategy Program. Rand Corporation United States Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. text bibliography cau 1991 monographic eng

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xviii, 106 pages ; 23 cm This report assesses the political and social dimensions of American counterinsurgency policy in El Salvador. It attempts to explain why low-intensity-conflict doctrine has not produced the desired results and to reassess that doctrine's future utility. The author's appraisal of U.S. involvement in El Salvador leads him to conclude that there is a vast disparity between U.S. objectives and achievements there. For a decade, U.S. policy toward El Salvador tried to synthesize liberal and conservative aims: foster political, social, and economic reform, and provide security to a country whose freedom from communism the United States deemed essential. In attempting to reconcile these objectives, however, the United States pursued a policy that used means unsettling to itself, for ends humiliating to the Salvadorans, and at a cost disproportionate to any conventional conception of the national interest. Benjamin C. Schwarz. "National Defense Research Institute"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-106). Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. n-us--- nces--- Counterinsurgency El Salvador Counterinsurgency United States Military assistance, American El Salvador El Salvador Military relations United States United States Foreign relations 1981-1989 United States Foreign relations 1989- United States Military relations El Salvador UA23 .S368 1991 0833012185 92148042 http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4042/ http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4042/ CstmoR 921111 rnd000000000112637