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When States Kill : Latin America, the U. S. , and Technologies of Terror.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (389 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780292796706
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: When States KillDDC classification:
  • 303.6/25/098
LOC classification:
  • HV6433
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION -- 1. State Terror in the U.S.-Latin American Interstate Regime (Cecilia Menjívar and Néstor Rodríguez) -- 2. Operation Condor as a Hemispheric "Counterterror" Organization (J. Patrice McSherry) -- PART TWO: CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO -- 3. "The Blood of the People": The Guardia Nacional's Fifty-year War against the People of Nicaragua, 1927-1979 (Richard Grossman) -- 4. The Culture and Politics of State Terror and Repression in El Salvador (Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago) -- 5. Caught in the Crossfire: Militarization, Paramilitarization, and State Violence in Oaxaca, Mexico (Kristin Norget) -- 6. Bloody Deeds/Hechos Sangrientos: Reading Guatemala's Record of Political Violence in Cadaver Reports (M. Gabriela Torres) -- 7. U.S. Militarization of Honduras in the 1980s and the Creation of CIA-backed Death Squads (Joan Kruckewitt) -- 8. "No Hay Rosas Sin Espinas": Statecraft in Costa Rica (Annamarie Oliverio and Pat Lauderdale) -- PARAT THREE: SOUTH AMERICA -- 9. The Colombian Nightmare: Human Rights Abuses and the Contradictory Effects of U.S. Foreign Policy (John C. Dugas) -- 10. The Path of State Terror in Peru (Abderrahman Beggar) -- 11. Turning on Their Masters: State Terrorism and Unlearning Democracy in Uruguay (Jeffrey J. Ryan) -- 12. Producing and Exporting State Terror: The Case of Argentina (Ariel C. Armony) -- PART FOUR: CONCLUSION -- 13. New Responses to State Terror (Cecilia Menjívar and Néstor Rodríguez) -- About the Contributors -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION -- 1. State Terror in the U.S.-Latin American Interstate Regime (Cecilia Menjívar and Néstor Rodríguez) -- 2. Operation Condor as a Hemispheric "Counterterror" Organization (J. Patrice McSherry) -- PART TWO: CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO -- 3. "The Blood of the People": The Guardia Nacional's Fifty-year War against the People of Nicaragua, 1927-1979 (Richard Grossman) -- 4. The Culture and Politics of State Terror and Repression in El Salvador (Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago) -- 5. Caught in the Crossfire: Militarization, Paramilitarization, and State Violence in Oaxaca, Mexico (Kristin Norget) -- 6. Bloody Deeds/Hechos Sangrientos: Reading Guatemala's Record of Political Violence in Cadaver Reports (M. Gabriela Torres) -- 7. U.S. Militarization of Honduras in the 1980s and the Creation of CIA-backed Death Squads (Joan Kruckewitt) -- 8. "No Hay Rosas Sin Espinas": Statecraft in Costa Rica (Annamarie Oliverio and Pat Lauderdale) -- PARAT THREE: SOUTH AMERICA -- 9. The Colombian Nightmare: Human Rights Abuses and the Contradictory Effects of U.S. Foreign Policy (John C. Dugas) -- 10. The Path of State Terror in Peru (Abderrahman Beggar) -- 11. Turning on Their Masters: State Terrorism and Unlearning Democracy in Uruguay (Jeffrey J. Ryan) -- 12. Producing and Exporting State Terror: The Case of Argentina (Ariel C. Armony) -- PART FOUR: CONCLUSION -- 13. New Responses to State Terror (Cecilia Menjívar and Néstor Rodríguez) -- About the Contributors -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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