Lesley Gill

The School of the Americas

Military Training and Political Violence in the Americas

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Produktbeschreibung

"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"

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 157mm x 243mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9780822333821
• ISBN-10: 0822333821
• Artikelnr.: 21896041

Autorenporträt

Lesley Gill

Inhaltsangabe

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