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Thirteen essays exploring state-sponsored terrorism in Latin America and its connection to the U.S.

Trade Review
The combination of a regional framework and original case studies makes this volume an important addition to research on the nature of U.S. involvement in state violence and human rights violations in Latin America. * American Journal of Sociology *

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I. Introduction
    • Chapter 1. State Terror in the U.S.-Latin American Interstate Regime by Cecilia Menjívar and Néstor Rodríguez
    • Chapter 2. Operation Condor as a Hemispheric "Counterterror" Organization by J. Patrice McSherry
  • Part II. Central America and Mexico
    • Chapter 3. "The Blood of the People": The Guardia Nacional's Fifty-year War against the People of Nicaragua, 1927-1979 by Richard Grossman
    • Chapter 4. The Culture and Politics of State Terror and Repression in El Salvador by Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago
    • Chapter 5. Caught in the Crossfire: Militarization, Paramilitarization, and State Violence in Oaxaca, Mexico by Kristin Norget
    • Chapter 6. Bloody Deeds/Hechos Sangrientos: Reading Guatemala's Record of Political Violence in Cadaver Reports by M. Gabriela Torres
    • Chapter 7. U.S. Militarization of Honduras in the 1980s and the Creation of CIA-backed Death Squads by Joan Kruckewitt
    • Chapter 8. "No Hay Rosas Sin Espinas": Statecraft in Costa Rica by Annamarie Oliverio and Pat Lauderdale
  • Part III. South America
    • Chapter 9. The Colombian Nightmare: Human Rights Abuses and the Contradictory Effects of U.S. Foreign Policy by John C. Dugas
    • Chapter 10. The Path of State Terror in Peru by Abderrahman Beggar
    • Chapter 11. Turning on Their Masters: State Terrorism and Unlearning Democracy in Uruguay by Jeffrey J. Ryan
    • Chapter 12. Producing and Exporting State Terror: The Case of Argentina by Ariel C. Armony
  • Part IV. Conclusion
    • Chapter 13. New Responses to State Terror by Cecilia Menjívar and Néstor Rodríguez
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 01/07/2005
      ISBN13: 9780292706798, 978-0292706798
      ISBN10: 0292706790
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Thirteen essays exploring state-sponsored terrorism in Latin America and its connection to the U.S.

      Trade Review
      The combination of a regional framework and original case studies makes this volume an important addition to research on the nature of U.S. involvement in state violence and human rights violations in Latin America. * American Journal of Sociology *

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Part I. Introduction
        • Chapter 1. State Terror in the U.S.-Latin American Interstate Regime by Cecilia Menjívar and Néstor Rodríguez
        • Chapter 2. Operation Condor as a Hemispheric "Counterterror" Organization by J. Patrice McSherry
      • Part II. Central America and Mexico
        • Chapter 3. "The Blood of the People": The Guardia Nacional's Fifty-year War against the People of Nicaragua, 1927-1979 by Richard Grossman
        • Chapter 4. The Culture and Politics of State Terror and Repression in El Salvador by Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago
        • Chapter 5. Caught in the Crossfire: Militarization, Paramilitarization, and State Violence in Oaxaca, Mexico by Kristin Norget
        • Chapter 6. Bloody Deeds/Hechos Sangrientos: Reading Guatemala's Record of Political Violence in Cadaver Reports by M. Gabriela Torres
        • Chapter 7. U.S. Militarization of Honduras in the 1980s and the Creation of CIA-backed Death Squads by Joan Kruckewitt
        • Chapter 8. "No Hay Rosas Sin Espinas": Statecraft in Costa Rica by Annamarie Oliverio and Pat Lauderdale
      • Part III. South America
        • Chapter 9. The Colombian Nightmare: Human Rights Abuses and the Contradictory Effects of U.S. Foreign Policy by John C. Dugas
        • Chapter 10. The Path of State Terror in Peru by Abderrahman Beggar
        • Chapter 11. Turning on Their Masters: State Terrorism and Unlearning Democracy in Uruguay by Jeffrey J. Ryan
        • Chapter 12. Producing and Exporting State Terror: The Case of Argentina by Ariel C. Armony
      • Part IV. Conclusion
        • Chapter 13. New Responses to State Terror by Cecilia Menjívar and Néstor Rodríguez
      • About the Contributors
      • Index

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