Saxon '88 on History of U.S. Involvement in Guatemala
Dan Saxon '88 has published a new book, To Save Her Life: Disappearance, Deliverance, and the United States in Guatemala. The book, available from UC Press, chronicles the abduction of Maritza Urrutia in 1992.
Saxon was in Guatemala working for the Catholic Church's Human Rights Office when Urrutia was abducted. In the book, Saxon brings to life the web of players who achieved her release: the Church, the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Congress, numerous NGOs, guerrilla groups, politicians, students, and the media.
A reviewer noted, "Dan Saxon's moving portrait of human courage and political interest illuminates the personal struggle of one woman against the broad sweep of Latin American history. It is rare in my experience for one book to offer both page-turning suspense and penetrating analysis of human rights policy."
UC Press
Saxon was in Guatemala working for the Catholic Church's Human Rights Office when Urrutia was abducted. In the book, Saxon brings to life the web of players who achieved her release: the Church, the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Congress, numerous NGOs, guerrilla groups, politicians, students, and the media.
A reviewer noted, "Dan Saxon's moving portrait of human courage and political interest illuminates the personal struggle of one woman against the broad sweep of Latin American history. It is rare in my experience for one book to offer both page-turning suspense and penetrating analysis of human rights policy."
UC Press