When States Kill

Latin America, the U.S., and Technologies of Terror

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

Since the early twentieth century, technological transfers from the United States to Latin American countries have involved technologies of violence for social control. As the chapters in this book illustrate, these technological transfers have taken various forms, including the training of Latin American military personnel in surveillance and torture and the provision of political and logistic support for campaigns of state terror. The human cost for Latin America has been enormous-thousands of Latin Americans have been murdered, disappeared, or tortured, and whole communities have been terrorized into silence. Organized by region, the essays in this book address the topic of state-sponsored terrorism in a variety of ways. Most take the perspective that state-directed political violence is a modern development of a regional political structure in which U.S. political interests weigh heavily. Others acknowledge that Latin American states enthusiastically received U.S. support for their campaigns of terror. A few see local culture and history as key factors in the implementation of state campaigns of political violence. Together, all the essays exemplify how technologies of terror have been transferred among various Latin American countries, with particular attention to the role that the United States, as a "strong" state, has played in such transfers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-07-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:540 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:388
Förlag:University of Texas Press
ISBN:9780292706798

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Cecilia MenjÍvar is associate professor in the Department of Sociology and the School of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University. NÉstor RodrÍguez is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Houston, where he is also Codirector of the Center for Immigration Research.

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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)

Innehållsförteckning

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