Predatory States: Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin AmericaRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 10. júl. 2012 - 336 síđur 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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... parallel to the official military institution . The U.S. Defense Department defines paramilitaries as " distinct from the armed forces of any country , but resembling them in organization , equipment , training , or mis- sion ...
... parallel to the official military institution . The U.S. Defense Department defines paramilitaries as " distinct from the armed forces of any country , but resembling them in organization , equipment , training , or mis- sion ...
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... parallel state was a key element of the terror used by the militaries to con- solidate power over society . In subsequent sections of this chapter I further develop the concept of the parallel state and discuss the impact of U.S. secu ...
... parallel state was a key element of the terror used by the militaries to con- solidate power over society . In subsequent sections of this chapter I further develop the concept of the parallel state and discuss the impact of U.S. secu ...
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... parallel nature . Right- wing civilians formed part of Condor “ hunter - killer " squads and tortured prisoners in secret detention centers such as Orletti Motors . In Argentina , such civilians became known as inorgánicos ( inorganics ...
... parallel nature . Right- wing civilians formed part of Condor “ hunter - killer " squads and tortured prisoners in secret detention centers such as Orletti Motors . In Argentina , such civilians became known as inorgánicos ( inorganics ...
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... parallel or shadow state apparatus engineered to implement and extend the state's re- pressive power over society . This parallel apparatus was created to carry out covert or secret policies , to avoid legal constraints , and to ...
... parallel or shadow state apparatus engineered to implement and extend the state's re- pressive power over society . This parallel apparatus was created to carry out covert or secret policies , to avoid legal constraints , and to ...
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... parallel formations were organ- ized to fight communism in the late 1940s and early 1950s . The newly formed CIA conducted and led paramilitary operations throughout Europe and Asia during the early part of the Cold War . Covert action ...
... parallel formations were organ- ized to fight communism in the late 1940s and early 1950s . The newly formed CIA conducted and led paramilitary operations throughout Europe and Asia during the early part of the Cold War . Covert action ...
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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 |
Bibliography | 257 |
Index | 271 |
About the Author | 285 |
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