Book Description

Presents the online version of "El Salvador: A Country Study," one of a continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the U.S. Army. Includes a foreword, a list of acknowledgments, and a preface. Provides information on the country's geography, society, economy, transportation and communications systems, government, politics, and national security. Recounts the country's history and describes its civil war. Contains an appendix of tables, a bibliography, a site search engine and a glossary.