"Views Salvadoran insurgency of 1980s as 'negotiated revolution,' with adaptation and innovation more important than ideology to left's successes. Presents nuanced history of changes over time in positions of both FMLN and government-US bloc, especially ARENA, and two sides' eventual mutual approximation"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Introduction: The Continuing Significance of El Salvador / Arthur Schmidt -- 1. 1989: A New Era or Simply a New Phase? -- 2. Key Aspects of the Military Dimension -- 3. Economy and Population: The Profound Transformations of the Decade of the 1980s -- 4. The Political Recomposition of the Dominant Classes -- 5. The Development of a Popular and Revolutionary Alternative -- 6. Toward the Close of the Political Period Begun in 1979 -- 7. Epilogue: Reviewing the Initial Formulations -- Glossary: The Most Important Salvadoran Acronyms.