Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. List of Abbreviations ix
5. Introduction: The US Government and the Assassination of Foreign Officials 1
6. 1. Experimenting with Assassination: Brainwashing, Poison and Early Cold War Plots 24
7. 2. Patrice Lumumba: Eisenhower’s Order to Kill 45
8. 3. Fidel Castro: The US Government’s Assassination Campaign against Cuba 75
9. 4. Rafael Trujillo: Assassination and the US Role in Covert Regime Change 110
10. 5. Ngo Dinh Diem: Preparing the Ground for Assassination 133
11. 6. René Schneider: Removing the Main Obstacle to a Coup in Chile 154
12. 7. The ‘Season of Inquiry’ and the Fight over the Ban on Assassination 180
13. 8. Muhammar Qaddafi: The Return of Assassination during the Reagan Years 213
14. 9. Manuel Noriega: Coups, Failed Coups and the Ban on Assassination 250
15. 10. Saddam Hussein: Assassination and the Long Confrontation between the US Government and Iraq 271
16. 11. Osama Bin Laden: Assassination and Counterterrorism on the Road to 9/11 301
17. Conclusion: Assassination, ‘Targeted Killings’ and the Ban since 9/11 341
18. Resources 367
19. Index 370