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Author Gill, Lesley.

Title The School of the Americas : military training and political violence in the Americas / Lesley Gill
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 281 pages) : illustrations
Series American encounters/global interactions
American encounters/global interactions.
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."
Summary Transnational ethnography and history of the School of the Americas, analyzing the military, peasant, and activist cultures that are linked by this institution
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-270) and index
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Subject U.S. Army School of the Americas.
SUBJECT U.S. Army School of the Americas fast
Lateinamerika gnd
Subject Imperialism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
Imperialism
Military relations
Militärhilfe
Politiek geweld.
Imperialisme.
Militairen.
Militarisering.
Militaire academies.
SUBJECT United States -- Military relations -- Latin America
Latin America -- Military relations -- United States
Subject Latin America
United States
USA
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822386001
0822386003
1283023873
9781283023870
9786613023872
6613023876