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Title: Costa Rica's "Revolución del '48" A New Perspective
Review: This book by Juan Diego López takes a fresh look at Costa Rica's civil war of 1948. Having been born after the war was over, López is able to see this important period of Costa Rican history with the advantage and objectivity of a historian who is not mired by the deep emotions of those who took an active part in this short but bloody war which established the longest running democracy in Latin America."Los 40 días de 1948" takes a serious look at the civil war based on scientific principles where Lopez makes and analysis of it based on the interaction of the political and the military aspects of the conflict as it develops day by day. The structure of this essay, packed with historiographical data, for the first time allows the reader to make sense of the anecdotal information that had until now been the only information available to the reader.This book is a must read for all those interested in understanding Costa Rica and how it came to be.
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