Protection Racket State Elite Politics, Military Extortion, and Civil War in el Salvador

Name: Protection Racket State Elite Politics, Military Extortion, and Civil War in el Salvador
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ISBN: 9781566393928

ISBN-10: 1566393922

ISBN-13: 9781566393928

Edition: 1996

Authors: William Stanley

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In 1932 security forces in El Salvador murdered 25,000 peasants and workers. Between 1978 and 1991 the Salvadoran government killed an additional 50,000 civilians. This work demonstrates that the Salvadoran military state was essentially a protection racket.

Book details

List price: $40.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 6/8/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.84" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Self-Defense, Class Oppression, and Extortion: Alternative VIews of State VIolence



Antecedents: the Matanza and the Establishment of Military Rule



The Failure of Institutional Military Rule



Experiments in State Terrorism: Repression and Polarization Under Carlos Romero



The Reformist Coup and the First Revolutionary Governing Junta



Descent into Mass Murder



Breaking the Protection Racket: from War to Peace


Conclusion



Proclamation of the Armed Forces of the Republic of El Salvadop, 15 Octobep 1879



Statement of the Martinez Anti-Communist Bridgade



Draft Manifesto by Major Roberto D'Aubuisson for Use in Aborted Right-Wing Coup of May 1980


Abbreviations and Acronyms


Notes


References


Index