The Protection Racket State : Elite Politics, Military Extortion, and Civil War in El Salvador.

A chilling examination into why states kill.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Stanley, William
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010.
Sujets:
1900-1999
Death squads > El Salvador > History > 20th century.
Political persecution > El Salvador > History > 20th century.
State-sponsored terrorism > El Salvador > History > 20th century.
Social sciences.
History.
Escadrons de la mort > Salvador > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Répression politique > Salvador > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Terrorisme d'État > Salvador > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Sciences sociales.
Histoire.
social sciences.
history (discipline)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
Death squads.
Political persecution.
Politics and government.
State-sponsored terrorism.
El Salvador > Politics and government > 20th century.
Salvador > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
El Salvador.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Self-Defense, Class Oppression, and Extortion: Alternative Views of State Violence; 2. Antecedents: The Matanza and the Establishment of Military Rule; 3. The Failure of Institutional Military Rule; 4. Experiments in State Terrorism: Repression and Polarization under Carlos Romero; 5. The Reformist Coup and the First Revolutionary Governing Junta; 6. Descent into Mass Murder; 7. Breaking the Protection Racket: From War to Peace; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Notes; References; Index.

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