State terrorism and the United States : from counterinsurgency to the war on terrorism

Author(s)

• Gareau, Frederick H. (Frederick Henry)

Bibliographic Information

State terrorism and the United States : from counterinsurgency to the war on terrorism

Frederick H. Gareau

Clarity Press , Zed Books, c2004

• : us
• : uk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Drawing on the reports of Truth Commissions from six countries, Gareau examines a harrowing array of human rights abuses by US-supported dictators, governments and paramilitary groups against their own peoples. This is an analysis of the US counter-insurgency policy during the Cold War.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The school of the Americas and terror in El Salvador 2. Guatemala: a country incommunicado 3. Chile: the forgotten past is full of memory 4. Argentina's dirty war 5. South Africa, apartheid, and terror 6. Indonesia: three series of massacres 7. The Root Doctrine and some notorious instances of U.S. support for dictators 8. The roots of the war on terrorism 9. The war on terrorism 10. Conclusions and recommendations Endnotes Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA70516908
• ISBN:
  • 0932863396
  • 1842775359
• LCCN: 2003017816
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Atlanta, GA,London
• Pages/Volumes: 254 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV6432
  • DC22 : 303.6/25
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : State-sponsored terrorism
  • LCSH : United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
  • LCSH : United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-
  • LCSH : Victims of state-sponsored terrorism
  • LCSH : War on Terrorism, 2001-
  • LCSH : Human rights
  • LCSH : Counterinsurgency
  • LCSH : United States -- Military relations
  • LCSH : Intervention (International law)