{"product_id":"the-long-honduran-night-resistance-terror-and-the-united-states-in-the-aftermath-of-the-coup-9781608469604","title":"The Long Honduran Night: Resistance, Terror, and the United States in the Aftermath of the Coup","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Long Honduran Night: Resistance, Terror, and the United States in the Aftermath of the Coup\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDana Frank's \u003cem\u003eThe Long Honduran Night\u003c\/em\u003e delivers a comprehensive investigation into the political turmoil that engulfed Honduras following the 2009 military coup. This meticulously researched work documents the resistance movements, state-sponsored repression, and the United States' controversial role in shaping the nation's trajectory during one of Central America's most turbulent periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing from extensive fieldwork, interviews with activists, and policy analysis, Frank exposes the human rights violations that followed the coup and examines how US foreign policy contributed to the crisis. The book chronicles the courage of Honduran citizens who resisted authoritarian rule despite facing violence, intimidation, and systemic terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat This Book Covers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrank provides detailed documentation of the post-coup landscape in Honduras, analyzing the breakdown of democratic institutions, the targeting of journalists and human rights defenders, and the international community's response. Her reporting connects Washington's diplomatic and financial support to the deteriorating conditions on the ground, offering readers a clear understanding of how foreign policy decisions impact vulnerable populations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe narrative combines investigative journalism with historical context, making complex geopolitical dynamics accessible to general readers while maintaining the rigor expected by scholars and policy professionals. Frank's firsthand observations and interviews with resistance leaders provide intimate portraits of those who refused to accept authoritarian rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDana Frank is Professor of History Emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eBananeras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America\u003c\/em\u003e (2005; repr. Haymarket 2016); \u003cem\u003eBuy American: The Untold Story of Economic Nationalism\u003c\/em\u003e (Beacon, 1999); \u003cem\u003ePurchasing Power: Consumer Organizing, Gender, and the Seattle Labor Movement, 1919-1929\u003c\/em\u003e (Cambridge, 1994); \u003cem\u003eLocal Girl Makes History: Exploring Northern California's Kitsch Monuments\u003c\/em\u003e (City Lights, 2007); and, with Howard Zinn and Robin D. G. Kelley, \u003cem\u003eThree Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century\u003c\/em\u003e (Beacon, 2001). Her contribution to \u003cem\u003eThree Strikes\u003c\/em\u003e has been reprinted, with a new introduction, by Haymarket Books as \u003cem\u003eWomen Strikers Occupy Chain Store, Win Big\u003c\/em\u003e (2012). Since the 2009 military coup her articles about human rights and U.S. policy in Honduras have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, Politico Magazine, Foreign Affairs.com\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eForeign Policy.com\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMiami Herald, Los Angeles Times, The Baffler\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other publications, and she has testified before both the U.S. Congress and Canadian Parliament.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEssential Reading For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book serves students of Latin American politics, human rights advocates, foreign policy analysts, and anyone seeking to understand the real-world consequences of US intervention in Central America. Frank's accessible writing style makes this critical history available to readers without specialized knowledge while offering new insights for experts in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50681339773202,"sku":"9781608469604","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b1549cc2-8b79-4786-bcbe-9d7e913b355f.jpg?v=1733952014","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-long-honduran-night-resistance-terror-and-the-united-states-in-the-aftermath-of-the-coup-9781608469604","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}