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The School of the Americas
Military Training and Political Violence in the Americas
Taschenbuch von Lesley Gill
Sprache: Englisch

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"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"
Über den Autor

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Fachbereich: Öffentliche Verwaltung
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780822333920
ISBN-10: 0822333929
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gill, Lesley
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Maße: 233 x 156 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Lesley Gill
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.09.2004
Gewicht: 0,473 kg
Artikel-ID: 102464751
Über den Autor

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Fachbereich: Öffentliche Verwaltung
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780822333920
ISBN-10: 0822333929
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gill, Lesley
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Maße: 233 x 156 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Lesley Gill
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.09.2004
Gewicht: 0,473 kg
Artikel-ID: 102464751
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