State terrorism and the United States : from counterinsurgency to the war on terrorism /
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Language: | English |
Imprint: | Atlanta : Clarity Press ; London : Zed Books, [2004] |
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Retention: | Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Terrorism Strikes Home
- Defining Terrorism: Problems and Perspectives
- The Post 9-11 Rush to Pin the Terrorist Label
- A Definition of Terrorism
- Monitoring Terrorism
- The Contents of This Book
- The Central Questions of This Research
- A "Practical" Reason for Examining the Charge Against Washington
- Assigning Guilt for the Support of Terrorism
- State Terrorism and Silence: Hamburg
- Chapter 1. The School of the Americas and Terror in El Salvador
- The School of the Americas
- El Salvador: The Seminal Revolt and Massacre
- Washington Teaches and Underwrites Counterinsurgency
- Counterinsurgency Ideology
- Counterinsurgency Manuals Prescribe the Use of Terrorism
- Counterinsurgency Operationalized in El Salvador
- The Un Truth Commission on El Salador
- The Reception of the UN Report
- The Organization of the Truth Commission
- Truth Commission Findings: Government Terrorism and Repression, Not Guerrilla Warfare
- Death Squads
- The Rape and Killing of Nuns
- The Aftermath
- Rewards and Punishments
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2. Guatemala: A Country Incommunicado
- Why Guatemala?
- Assigning Blame for Violence in Guatemala
- The Silence of the Terrorized
- Counterinsurgency Training
- Targeting Women and Children
- Training for Terror and Massacres
- Learning the Step of Death
- The Report of the Archdiocese of Guatemala City
- The Charge of Genocide
- The Intent to Commit Genocide
- The Key Role of the Army and Intelligence Agencies
- Washington's Complicity
- The Aftermath
- A Bishop Is Beaten to Death
- An Ongoing Atmosphere of Impunity
- Chapter 3. Chile: The Forgotten Past is Full of Memory
- Why Chile?
- Denying Social Change Through Electoral Processes
- CIA Efforts to Prevent Allende Taking Office
- Making the Chilean Economy "Scream"
- Strengthening the Chilean Military
- The Coup of September 11, 1973
- The Pinochet Regime
- The Chilean National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation
- The Victims of the Repression
- Intelligence Agencies, the Counterinsurgency Doctrine, and Torture
- The National Intelligence Directorate (DINA)
- Evaluating the Extent of Washington's Complicity
- Counterinsurgency Doctrine
- CNI, The Successor to DINA
- Terror and Torture by the Pinochet Regime
- Internal Support for the Dictatorship
- Washington's Reaction to State Terrorism in Chile
- The Aftermath
- The General Visits, Shops, Has an Operation, Is Charged With Murder, Then Returns Home
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4. Argentina's Dirty War
- Another Coup Waging Law and Order
- Nunca Mas: Report of the Argentine Commission on the Disappeared
- Organization of the Commission
- Argentinian State Terrorism
- The Victims
- Class War
- The Church
- The Systematic Sowing of Terror
- How Impunity Functions
- The Government Tortures and Disappears Its Victims
- Washington's Support for State Terrorism in Argentina
- Aid Replacement and Increased Trade
- Military Support
- Teaching Them "How We Think"
- Diplomatic Support
- The Aftermath
- The Theory of the Two Devils
- Some Closing Remarks for the Chapter
- Chapter 5. South Africa, Apartheid, and Terror
- Apartheid
- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report
- Introduction
- Gross Human Rights Violations: Pretoria and the Inkatha
- Gross Human Rights Violations: the ANC and PAC
- The Guilt of Civil Society
- Applying Terror
- Killings
- Detention Without Trial
- Torture
- Washington's Policy Toward South Africa
- Introduction
- From Truman to Carter
- Reagan and Botha: "From Repression to Criminal Activity"
- The Impact of Pretoria's Total Strategy on Neighboring Countries
- Washington, South Africa and Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Chemical and Bacteriological Weapons
- Nuclear Weapons
- Brief Comments on the Chapter
- Chapter 6. Indonesia: Three Series of Massacres
- The Anti-Communist Massacres: Indonesia
- The PKI: An Historic U.S. Obsession
- A Political Party Falls Victim to Massacres
- Welcoming the Suharto Regime
- The First East Timor Massacres
- The Santa Cruz Massacre
- Some Conclusions
- The Second East Timor Massacres
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7. The Root Doctrine and Some Notorious Instances of U.S. Support for Dictators
- The Root Doctrine
- Nicaragua, The Somozas, and The Sandanistas: From Coolidge to Bush, Sr.
- The Congo: From Kennedy to Bush, Sr.
- The Khmer Rouge: From Carter to Bush, Sr.
- Conclusion
- Chapter 8. The Roots of the War on Terrorism: Washington's Policies in the Middle East
- Washington Installs and Supports the Shah of Iran
- Saddam Hussein, 1979-1990: "Our S.O.B."
- The First Persian Gulf War
- WMD for Use Against Iran and the Kurds
- The Second Persian Gulf War: Washington Turns on Saddam
- Washington's Complicity in Israeli State Terrorism
- The Partition of Palestine
- The Ethnic Cleansing of the Palestinians
- The Fate of the Palestinians
- Violations of the Rights of the Palestinians
- The Israeli Nuclear Bomb
- Washington's Support for Israel
- The "Peace Process"
- The Road Map
- Conclusion
- Chapter 9. The War on Terrorism
- The Nature of the War on Terrorism
- The Bush Administration Projects a Dangerous New World
- Upgrading U.S. War-making Capacity
- Afghanistan: No end in Sight
- The Guantanamo Bay Prisoners: A Public Assault on the Rights of Detainees
- Pakistan and Terrorism
- Uzbekistan
- An Afghan Warlord
- The Treatment of Arab and Muslim Immigrants in the U.S.
- The Third Persian Gulf War
- Congress Approves Preemption, the UN Declines
- Protest by the Public and by International Lawyers
- International Lawyers
- Religious and Ethical Opposition
- World Public Opinion and the War
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
- In Search of Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Postwar Plans: Postwar Chaos
- Domestic Casualties of War: State and Local Government
- Counterterrorism: The Root Doctrine Gets a Face-Lift
- Russia and the Chechens
- Algeria and the Islamic Salvation Front
- Colombia
- Chapter 10. Conclusions and Recommendations
- The Major Findings of the Study
- Washington as the Supplier of Arms to the World and Aid to the Violators of Human Rights
- Quantifying the Relation of Military Aid to Human Rights Violations
- Washington's Policy Toward the International Criminal Court
- In Search of an Appropriate Response to Terrorism
- Preemption and Counter-Proliferation: The Open Espousal of Aggression
- A Truth Commission for Washington
- Endnotes
- Index