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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Part one INTRODUCTION
6. Chapter 1 State Terror in the U.S.–Latin American Interstate Regime 3
7. Chapter 2 Operation Condor as a Hemispheric “Counterterror” Organization 28
8. Part two CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO
9. Chapter 3 “The Blood of the People” The Guardia Nacional’s Fifty-year War against the People of Nicaragua, 1927–1979 59
10. Chapter 4 The Culture and Politics of State Terror and Repression in El Salvador 85
11. Chapter 5 Caught in the Crossfire: Militarization, Paramilitarization, and State Violence in Oaxaca, Mexico 115
12. Chapter 6 Bloody Deeds/Hechos Sangrientos: Reading Guatemala’s Record of Political Violence in Cadaver Reports 143
13. Chapter 7 U.S. Militarization of Honduras in the 1980s and the Creation of CIA-backed Death Squad 170
14. chapter 8 “No Hay Rosas Sin Espinas” Statecraft in Costa Rica 198
15. Part three SOUTH AMERICA
16. Chapter 9 The Colombian Nightmare: Human Rights Abuses and the Contradictory Effects of U.S. Foreign Policy 227
17. Chapter 10 The Path of State Terror in Peru 252
18. Chapter 11 Turning on Their Masters: State Terrorism and Unlearning Democracy in Uruguay 278
19. Chapter 12 Producing and Exporting State Terror The Case of Argentina 305
20. Part four CONCLUSION
21. chapter 13 New Responses to State Terror 335
22. About the Contributors 347
23. Index 351