Beschreibung:
The shots fired during the early morning hours of February 3, 1989, at the Asuncion headquarters of the presidential escort battalion presented the planet with its first blood-and-steel evidence that the year would be recorded, like 1848, as one of universal human liberation. The deposed government of Alfredo Stroessner had held power in Paraguay for close to 35 years, a political longevity then surpassed only by Bulgaria's Todor Zhivkov, North Korea's Kim ll-song, and Jordan's King Hussein.
List of Tables and Illustrations -- Foreword, Ronald M. Schneider -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Paraguayan History, 1524-1904 -- 3 Modern Paraguayan History: The Twentieth Century -- 4 The Paraguayan Economy -- 5 Culture and Society -- 6 Politics and Government -- 7 International Relations -- List of Acronyms -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.