Guatemala: Never Again

by Thomas Quigley (Foreword)

Never Again!

Genres: History, Nonfiction

376 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Jordan Neben · Rating 5 out of 5]

Guatemala Never Again is a challenging book to read, not because it was poorly written, but because of its content. Even in the English version, which was reduced from four volumes in Spanish down to one, the first hand accounts describing the atrocities committed during the decades long Guatemalan Civil War are highly disturbing. But I think it is important that a book like this was made, interviewing thousands of survivors and even some perpetrators of the violence to document and enshrine the suffering people went through. And I think it is also important that we not shy away from the horror, we need to learn and try to understand how all of this could happen in the first place, and how maybe it can be prevented in the future.

[Erik Ryberg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Important to read to know what happened there during the Cold War. At the same time, since it's a report it could be rather choppy and the reader can feel a bit unsure of where some events are in Guatemala with no map and then unsure of who many people are with no photos to help see many of the faces.

[Marco Pavan · Rating 4 out of 5]

More a textbook than a book. While it reads choppy, this book is deep and complete. The authors did an excellent job compressing 1400 pages report into this work.

[Mauricio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Desgarrador relato de un pasado qué esperamos nunca vuelva.