Between War and Peace in Central America: Choices for Canada

Raymond A. Jones is a professor of history at Carleton University in
Ottawa.

This book, which addresses the peace process in Central America, was
produced by an academic expert on Central America, Liisa North of York
University, and a number of York research students working in
collaboration with capa.

The authors are highly critical of U.S. foreign policy in Central
America (for imposing its superpower Cold War ideology on the area) and
of Canada’s failure to follow an independent foreign policy. The
authors make it abundantly clear that peace in Central America will come
only from the resolution of the internal problems of Central American
society; to this end the book makes a number of policy recommendations
for Canadian government initiatives in the areas of development, refugee
policy, and peacekeeping.