State terrorism and the United States : from counterinsurgency to the war on terrorism
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State terrorism and the United States : from counterinsurgency to the war on terrorism
Clarity Press , Zed Books, c2004
- : us
- : uk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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
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