Dirty Hands and Vicious Deeds : The US Government's Complicity in Crimes against Humanity and Genocide

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These original essays show how the US government repeatedly aided certain regimes as they planned and then carried out crimes against humanity and genocide. What makes the collection unique--and chilling--is the inclusion of declassified documents generated by the US government at the time: memorand...

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Autor principal: Totten, Samuel (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politics and government.
Genocide.
Crimes against humanity.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
Crimes contre l'humanite > États-Unis.
Crimes contre l'humanite > Études de cas.
Crimes against humanity > United States.
Crimes against humanity > Case studies.
Genocide > Case studies.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siecle.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > 20e siecle > Prise de decision > Études de cas.
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century > Decision making > Case studies.
Études de cas.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • US action and inaction in the massacre of communists and alleged communists in Indonesia (1965-1966)
  • The Bangladesh genocide and the Nixon-Kissinger 'tilt' (1971)
  • "Our hand doesn't show": the United States and the consolidation of the Pinochet regime in Chile (1973-1977)
  • Mass killing at a distance: US complicity in the East Timor genocide and international structural violence (1975-1999)
  • The US role in Argentina's "dirty war" (1976-1983)
  • The United States government's relationship with Guatemala during the genocide of the Maya (1981-1983)
  • Calculated avoidance: the Clinton administration and the 100-day genocide in Rwanda (1994).

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