State violence and genocide in Latin America : the Cold War years / edited by Marcia Esparza, Henry R. Huttenbach, and Daniel Feierstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Esparza, Marcia.

Huttenbach, Henry R.

Feierstein, Daniel, 1967-

Series:

Critical terrorism studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State-sponsored terrorism--Latin America--History--20th century.

State-sponsored terrorism.

Political violence--Latin America--History--20th century.

Political violence.

Genocide--Latin America--History--20th century.

Genocide.

History.

Latin America--Politics and government--1948-1980.

Latin America.

Politics and government.

United States--Relations--Latin America.

United States.

Relations.

Latin America--Relations--United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 251 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Contents:

Part I The roots and theoretical underpinnings 21

1 US hemispheric hegemony and the descent into genocidal practices in Latin America / Luis Roniger Roniger, Luis 23

2 Political violence in Argentina and its genocidal characteristics / Daniel Feierstein Feierstein, Daniel 44

3 Genocide in Chile? An assessment / Maureen S. Hiebert Hiebert, Maureen S., Pablo Policzer Policzer, Pablo 64

4 Understanding the 1982 Guatemalan genocide / Marc Drouin Drouin, Marc 81

Part II The mechanisms of violence 105

5 "Industrial repression" and Operation Condor in Latin America / J. Patrice Mcsherry Mcsherry, J. Patrice 107

6 The United States and torture: lessons from Latin America / Jennifer K. Harbury Harbury, Jennifer K. 124

7 State violence and repression in Rosario during the Argentine dictatorship, 1976-83 / Gabriela Aguila Aguila, Gabriela 137

8 US-Colombian relations in the 1980s: political violence and the onset of the Unión Patriótic genocide / Andrei Gómez-Suárez Gómez-Suárez, Andrei 152

Part III The aftermath of state violence and genocide 167

9 Political violence, justice, and reconciliation in Latin America / Ernesto Verdeja Verdeja, Ernesto 169

10 Vicious legacies? State violence(s) in Argentina / Guillermina S.Seri S.Seri, Guillermina 182

11 Courageous soldiers (valientes soldados): politics of concealment in the aftermath of state violence in Chile / Marcia Esparza Esparza, Marcia 196

12 Bringing justice to Guatemala: the need to confront genocide and other crimes against humanity / Raul Molina Mejía Mejía, Raul Molina 209

Conclusions: unfinished business - in search of the next agenda / Henry R. Huttenbach Huttenbach, Henry R. 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415496377

0415496373

9780203867907

0203867904

OCLC:

311036621