Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Part I. Introduction
  • Chapter 1. State Terror in the U.S.-Latin American Interstate Regime by Cecilia Menjívar and Néstor Rodríguez
  • Chapter 2. Operation Condor as a Hemispheric "Counterterror" Organization by J. Patrice McSherry
• Part II. Central America and Mexico
  • Chapter 3. "The Blood of the People": The Guardia Nacional's Fifty-year War against the People of Nicaragua, 1927-1979 by Richard Grossman
  • Chapter 4. The Culture and Politics of State Terror and Repression in El Salvador by Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago
  • Chapter 5. Caught in the Crossfire: Militarization, Paramilitarization, and State Violence in Oaxaca, Mexico by Kristin Norget
  • Chapter 6. Bloody Deeds/Hechos Sangrientos: Reading Guatemala's Record of Political Violence in Cadaver Reports by M. Gabriela Torres
  • Chapter 7. U.S. Militarization of Honduras in the 1980s and the Creation of CIA-backed Death Squads by Joan Kruckewitt
  • Chapter 8. "No Hay Rosas Sin Espinas": Statecraft in Costa Rica by Annamarie Oliverio and Pat Lauderdale
• Part III. South America
  • Chapter 9. The Colombian Nightmare: Human Rights Abuses and the Contradictory Effects of U.S. Foreign Policy by John C. Dugas
  • Chapter 10. The Path of State Terror in Peru by Abderrahman Beggar
  • Chapter 11. Turning on Their Masters: State Terrorism and Unlearning Democracy in Uruguay by Jeffrey J. Ryan
  • Chapter 12. Producing and Exporting State Terror: The Case of Argentina by Ariel C. Armony
• Part IV. Conclusion
  • Chapter 13. New Responses to State Terror by Cecilia Menjívar and Néstor Rodríguez
• About the Contributors
• Index

Promotional Information

Thirteen essays exploring state -sponsored terrorism in Latin America and its connection to the U.S.

About the Author

Cecilia Menjívar is associate professor in the Department of Sociology and the School of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University.

Néstor Rodríguez is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Houston, where he is also Codirector of the Center for Immigration Research.

Reviews

"When States Kill demonstrates the ugly consequences of state terrorism, and is is a valuable volume that should be read by Latin Americanists, as well as those concerned about political violence and the growing militarism of the United States. "--Jrnl of Latin American Studies, May 2006