Modernizing repression : police training and nation building in the American century / Jeremy Kuzmarov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuzmarov, Jeremy, 1979- author.

Series:

Culture, Politics, and the Cold War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police--Political aspects--History.

Police.

Police training--Developing countries--History.

Police training.

Military planning--United States--History.

Military planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As American troops became bogged down first in Iraq and then Afghanistan, a key component of U.S.strategy was to build up local police and security forces in an attempt to establish law and order.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations Used in Text

Introduction

Part I. Taking Up the "White Man's Burden": Imperial Policing in the Philippines and the Caribbean

1. The First Operation Phoenix: U.S. Colonial Policing in the Philippines and the Blood of Empire

2. "Popping Off" Sandinistas and Cacos: Police Training in Occupied Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua

Part II. Under the Facade of Benevolence: Police Training and the Cold War in Southeast Asia from the "Reverse Course" to Operation Phoenix

3. "Their Goal Was Nothing Less than Total Knowledge": Policing in Occupied Japan and the Rise of the National Security Doctrine

4. "Law in Whose Name, Order for Whose Benefit?" Police Training, "Nation-Building" and Political Repression in Postcolonial South Korea

5. "Free Government Cannot Exist Without Safeguards against Subversion": The Clandestine Cold War in Southeast Asia I

6. The Secret War in Laos and Other Vietnam Sideshows: The Clandestine Cold War in Southeast Asia II

7. "As I Recall the Many Tortures": Michigan State University, Operation Phoenix, and the Making of a Police State in South Vietnam

Part III. The Cold War on the Periphery: Police Training and the Hunt for Subversives in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East

8. Arming Tyrants I: American Police Training and the Postcolonial Nightmare in Africa

9. Arming Tyrants II: Police Training and Neocolonialism in the Mediterranean and Middle East

10. The Dark Side of the Alliance for Progress: Police Training and State Terror in Latin America during the Cold War

Conclusion: The Violence Comes Full Circle-From the Cold War to the War on Terror

Abbreviations Used in Notes

Notes

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-61376-196-1

OCLC:

958385096