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The School of the Americas : military training and political violence in the Americas / Lesley Gill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gill, Lesley.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- American encounters/global interactions.
- American encounters/global interactions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- U.S. Army School of the Americas.
- Imperialism.
- United States--Military relations--Latin America.
- United States.
- Latin America--Military relations--United States.
- Latin America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Transnational ethnography and history of the School of the Americas, analyzing the military, peasant, and activist cultures that are linked by this institution.
- Contents:
- Prologue: The teflon assassin
- The military, political violence and impunity
- Georgia not on their minds
- De-mining humanitarianism
- Foot soldiers of the U.S. empire
- Pathways to power
- Strategic alliances
- Human wrongs and rights
- Disordering the Andes
- Targeting the "school of assassins."
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-270) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613023872
- 9781283023870
- 1283023873
- 9780822386001
- 0822386003
- OCLC:
- 607677713
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