State Terrorism and the United States Counterinsurgency and the War on Terrorism

Name: State Terrorism and the United States Counterinsurgency and the War on Terrorism
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ISBN: 9780932863393

ISBN-10: 0932863396

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Edition: 2004

Authors: Frederick H. Gareau

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List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Clarity Press, Inc.
Publication date: 2/25/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 100
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Introduction	p. 11
Terrorism Strikes Home	p. 11
Defining Terrorism: Problems and Perspectives	p. 12
The Post 9-11 Rush to Pin the Terrorist Label	p. 13
A Definition of Terrorism	p. 14
Monitoring Terrorism	p. 15
The Contents of This Book	p. 16
The Central Questions of This Research	p. 18
A "Practical" Reason for Examining the Charge Against Washington	p. 19
Assigning Guilt for the Support of Terrorism	p. 20
State Terrorism and Silence: Hamburg	p. 20
The School of the Americas and Terror in El Salvador	p. 22
The School of the Americas	p. 22
El Salvador: The Seminal Revolt and Massacre	p. 26
Washington Teaches and Underwrites Counterinsurgency	p. 28
Counterinsurgency Ideology	p. 29
Counterinsurgency Manuals Prescribe the Use of Terrorism	p. 30
Counterinsurgency Operationalized in El Salvador	p. 30
The Un Truth Commission on El Salador	p. 32
The Reception of the UN Report	p. 32
The Organization of the Truth Commission	p. 34
Truth Commission Findings: Government Terrorism and Repression, Not Guerrilla Warfare	p. 35
Death Squads	p. 36
The Rape and Killing of Nuns	p. 38
The Aftermath	p. 40
Rewards and Punishments	p. 40
Conclusion	p. 41
Guatemala: A Country Incommunicado	p. 43
Why Guatemala?	p. 43
Assigning Blame for Violence in Guatemala	p. 45
The Silence of the Terrorized	p. 47
Counterinsurgency Training	p. 48
Targeting Women and Children	p. 48
Training for Terror and Massacres	p. 52
Learning the Step of Death	p. 53
The Report of the Archdiocese of Guatemala City	p. 53
The Charge of Genocide	p. 57
The Intent to Commit Genocide	p. 58
The Key Role of the Army and Intelligence Agencies	p. 60
Washington's Complicity	p. 61
The Aftermath	p. 63
A Bishop Is Beaten to Death	p. 63
An Ongoing Atmosphere of Impunity	p. 64
Chile: The Forgotten Past is Full of Memory	p. 67
Why Chile?	p. 67
Denying Social Change Through Electoral Processes	p. 68
CIA Efforts to Prevent Allende Taking Office	p. 68
Making the Chilean Economy "Scream"	p. 69
Strengthening the Chilean Military	p. 70
The Coup of September 11, 1973	p. 71
The Pinochet Regime	p. 71
The Chilean National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation	p. 72
The Victims of the Repression	p. 73
Intelligence Agencies, the Counterinsurgency Doctrine, and Torture	p. 76
The National Intelligence Directorate (DINA)	p. 76
Evaluating the Extent of Washington's Complicity	p. 78
Counterinsurgency Doctrine	p. 79
CNI, The Successor to DINA	p. 80
Terror and Torture by the Pinochet Regime	p. 81
Internal Support for the Dictatorship	p. 83
Washington's Reaction to State Terrorism in Chile	p. 85
The Aftermath	p. 90
The General Visits, Shops, Has an Operation, Is Charged With Murder, Then Returns Home	p. 90
Conclusion	p. 91
Argentina's Dirty War	p. 93
Another Coup Waging Law and Order	p. 93
Nunca Mas: Report of the Argentine Commission on the Disappeared	p. 94
Organization of the Commission	p. 94
Argentinian State Terrorism	p. 96
The Victims	p. 96
Class War	p. 98
The Church	p. 98
The Systematic Sowing of Terror	p. 99
How Impunity Functions	p. 99
The Government Tortures and Disappears Its Victims	p. 100
Washington's Support for State Terrorism in Argentina	p. 102
Aid Replacement and Increased Trade	p. 102
Military Support	p. 103
Teaching Them "How We Think"	p. 104
Diplomatic Support	p. 105
The Aftermath	p. 106
The Theory of the Two Devils	p. 106
Some Closing Remarks for the Chapter	p. 107
South Africa, Apartheid, and Terror	p. 109
Apartheid	p. 109
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report	p. 111
Introduction	p. 111
Gross Human Rights Violations: Pretoria and the Inkatha	p. 113
Gross Human Rights Violations: the ANC and PAC	p. 117
The Guilt of Civil Society	p. 119
Applying Terror	p. 120
Killings	p. 120
Detention Without Trial	p. 121
Torture	p. 122
Washington's Policy Toward South Africa	p. 125
Introduction	p. 125
From Truman to Carter	p. 126
Reagan and Botha: "From Repression to Criminal Activity"	p. 131
The Impact of Pretoria's Total Strategy on Neighboring Countries	p. 136
Washington, South Africa and Weapons of Mass Destruction	p. 142
Chemical and Bacteriological Weapons	p. 142
Nuclear Weapons	p. 142
Brief Comments on the Chapter	p. 144
Indonesia: Three Series of Massacres	p. 145
The Anti-Communist Massacres: Indonesia	p. 145
The PKI: An Historic U.S. Obsession	p. 145
A Political Party Falls Victim to Massacres	p. 148
Welcoming the Suharto Regime	p. 150
The First East Timor Massacres	p. 152
The Santa Cruz Massacre	p. 155
Some Conclusions	p. 158
The Second East Timor Massacres	p. 158
Conclusion	p. 161
The Root Doctrine and Some Notorious Instances of U.S. Support for Dictators	p. 162
The Root Doctrine	p. 162
Nicaragua, The Somozas, and The Sandanistas: From Coolidge to Bush, Sr.	p. 165
The Congo: From Kennedy to Bush, Sr.	p. 168
The Khmer Rouge: From Carter to Bush, Sr.	p. 169
Conclusion	p. 171
The Roots of the War on Terrorism: Washington's Policies in the Middle East	p. 172
Washington Installs and Supports the Shah of Iran	p. 172
Saddam Hussein, 1979-1990: "Our S.O.B."	p. 174
The First Persian Gulf War	p. 175
WMD for Use Against Iran and the Kurds	p. 177
The Second Persian Gulf War: Washington Turns on Saddam	p. 179
Washington's Complicity in Israeli State Terrorism	p. 181
The Partition of Palestine	p. 181
The Ethnic Cleansing of the Palestinians	p. 182
The Fate of the Palestinians	p. 182
Violations of the Rights of the Palestinians	p. 183
The Israeli Nuclear Bomb	p. 185
Washington's Support for Israel	p. 186
The "Peace Process"	p. 186
The Road Map	p. 188
Conclusion	p. 189
The War on Terrorism	p. 190
The Nature of the War on Terrorism	p. 190
The Bush Administration Projects a Dangerous New World	p. 190
Upgrading U.S. War-making Capacity	p. 191
Afghanistan: No end in Sight	p. 193
The Guantanamo Bay Prisoners: A Public Assault on the Rights of Detainees	p. 197
Pakistan and Terrorism	p. 198
Uzbekistan	p. 199
An Afghan Warlord	p. 199
The Treatment of Arab and Muslim Immigrants in the U.S.	p. 200
The Third Persian Gulf War	p. 201
Congress Approves Preemption, the UN Declines	p. 201
Protest by the Public and by International Lawyers	p. 202
International Lawyers	p. 202
Religious and Ethical Opposition	p. 203
World Public Opinion and the War	p. 205
Operation Iraqi Freedom	p. 206
In Search of Weapons of Mass Destruction	p. 207
Postwar Plans: Postwar Chaos	p. 208
Domestic Casualties of War: State and Local Government	p. 211
Counterterrorism: The Root Doctrine Gets a Face-Lift	p. 212
Russia and the Chechens	p. 212
Algeria and the Islamic Salvation Front	p. 213
Colombia	p. 214
Conclusions and Recommendations	p. 216
The Major Findings of the Study	p. 216
Washington as the Supplier of Arms to the World and Aid to the Violators of Human Rights	p. 219
Quantifying the Relation of Military Aid to Human Rights Violations	p. 220
Washington's Policy Toward the International Criminal Court	p. 222
In Search of an Appropriate Response to Terrorism	p. 225
Preemption and Counter-Proliferation: The Open Espousal of Aggression	p. 227
A Truth Commission for Washington	p. 230
Endnotes	p. 232
Index	p. 250
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