Predatory States: Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin AmericaRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 10. júl. 2012 - 336 síður This powerful study makes a compelling case about the key U.S. role in state terrorism in Latin America during the Cold War. Long hidden from public view, Operation Condor was a military network created in the 1970s to eliminate political opponents of Latin American regimes. Its key members were the anticommunist dictatorships of Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil, later joined by Peru and Ecuador, with covert support from the U.S. government. Drawing on a wealth of testimonies, declassified files, and Latin American primary sources, J. Patrice McSherry examines Operation Condor from numerous vantage points: its secret structures, intelligence networks, covert operations against dissidents, political assassinations worldwide, commanders and operatives, links to the Pentagon and the CIA, and extension to Central America in the 1980s. The author convincingly shows how, using extralegal and terrorist methods, Operation Condor hunted down, seized, and executed political opponents across borders. McSherry argues that Condor functioned within, or parallel to, the structures of the larger inter-American military system led by the United States, and that declassified U.S. documents make clear that U.S. security officers saw Condor as a legitimate and useful 'counterterror' organization. Revealing new details of Condor operations and fresh evidence of links to the U.S. security establishment, this controversial work offers an original analysis of the use of secret, parallel armies in Western counterinsurgency strategies. It will be a clarion call to all readers to consider the long-term consequences of clandestine operations in the name of 'democracy.' |
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Síða xiv
... countries of South America . In September 1976 , I was transferred to the concentration camp Em- boscada , where I met the Paraguayan doctor Gladys M. De Sannemann , who told me that she was a victim of Operation Condor . She was ...
... countries of South America . In September 1976 , I was transferred to the concentration camp Em- boscada , where I met the Paraguayan doctor Gladys M. De Sannemann , who told me that she was a victim of Operation Condor . She was ...
Síða xv
... country . She also sheds light on the consequences of U.S. military intervention in the region : the era of state terrorism ; the reduction of spaces for democratic participation ; the physical elimination of militants and leaders of ...
... country . She also sheds light on the consequences of U.S. military intervention in the region : the era of state terrorism ; the reduction of spaces for democratic participation ; the physical elimination of militants and leaders of ...
Síða xvii
... countries . In this new climate , General Augusto Pinochet was arrested for human rights crimes , the Interna- tional Criminal Court ( ICC ) was established to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity , and other important ...
... countries . In this new climate , General Augusto Pinochet was arrested for human rights crimes , the Interna- tional Criminal Court ( ICC ) was established to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity , and other important ...
Síða xix
... countries . I hope that the panoramic view of Condor presented here and the comparative analysis provided compensate for the unavoidably schematic discussions of each country's unique history . Although survivors of Condor and some ...
... countries . I hope that the panoramic view of Condor presented here and the comparative analysis provided compensate for the unavoidably schematic discussions of each country's unique history . Although survivors of Condor and some ...
Síða xxv
... countries ( Brazil , Chile , Honduras , Paraguay , Uruguay ) , several more than once . During these years , numerous people assisted me . First , I wish to thank all my sources and interviewees , many of whom are cited in the study and ...
... countries ( Brazil , Chile , Honduras , Paraguay , Uruguay ) , several more than once . During these years , numerous people assisted me . First , I wish to thank all my sources and interviewees , many of whom are cited in the study and ...
Efni
What was Operation Condor? | 1 |
Cold War Security Coordination The Global Context | 35 |
Operation Condors Structures and Functioning The Parallel State in Operation | 69 |
Condors Killing Machine Phase II Transnational Operations | 107 |
Phase III Condors Assassination Capability | 139 |
Commanders and Operatives of Condor | 177 |
The Central American Connection | 207 |
Conclusions | 241 |
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271 | |
About the Author | 285 |
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Predatory States: Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin America J. Patrice McSherry Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2005 |
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