"Lesley Gill's study of the premier military training operation in the Americas is a treasure trove of histories that will provoke a long overdue debate about the values and limits of U.S. engagement in the region."--Robin Kirk, author of "More Terrible Than Death: Massacres, Drugs, and America's War in Colombia"
"Lesley Gill's study of the premier military training operation in the Americas is a treasure trove of histories that will provoke a long overdue debate about the values and limits of U.S. engagement in the region."--Robin Kirk, author of "More Terrible Than Death: Massacres, Drugs, and America's War in Colombia"
Lesley Gill is Professor of Anthropology and Department Chair, Vanderbilt University. She is the author of Teetering on the Rim: Global Restructuring, Daily Life, and the Armed Retreat of the Bolivian State; Precarious Dependencies: Gender, Class, and Domestic Service in Bolivia; and Peasants, Entrepreneurs, and Social Change: Frontier Development in Lowland Bolivia.
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List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Prologue: The Teflon Assassin xiii Introduction: The Military, Political Violence, and Impunity 1 1. Georgia Not on Their Minds 23 2. De-Mining Humanitarianism 43 3. Foot Soldiers of the U.S. Empire 59 4. Pathways to Power 90 5. Strategic Alliances 110 6. Human Wrongs and Rights 137 7. Disordering the Andes 163 8. Targeting the " School of Assassins" 198 Conclusion: The School of the Americas 233 Notes 245 References Cited 259 Index 271
List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Prologue: The Teflon Assassin xiii Introduction: The Military, Political Violence, and Impunity 1 1. Georgia Not on Their Minds 23 2. De-Mining Humanitarianism 43 3. Foot Soldiers of the U.S. Empire 59 4. Pathways to Power 90 5. Strategic Alliances 110 6. Human Wrongs and Rights 137 7. Disordering the Andes 163 8. Targeting the " School of Assassins" 198 Conclusion: The School of the Americas 233 Notes 245 References Cited 259 Index 271
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