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1 online resource (494 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
These original essays show how the US government repeatedly aided certain regimes as they planned and then carried out crimes against humanity and genocide. What makes the collection unique--and chilling--is the inclusion of declassified documents generated by the US government at the time: memoranda, telegrams, letters, talking points, cables, discussion papers, and situation reports. In his introduction, Totten offers a critical assessment of US foreign policy as it pertains to genocide and crimes against humanity, and discusses the differences between those two terms. In the chapters that follow, each author presents a detailed analysis of a particular case of crimes against humanity or genocide by a foreign government against its own citizens, and discusses why and how the United States government was complicit. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
US action and inaction in the massacre of communists and alleged communists in Indonesia (1965-1966) -- The Bangladesh genocide and the Nixon-Kissinger 'tilt' (1971) -- "Our hand doesn't show": the United States and the consolidation of the Pinochet regime in Chile (1973-1977) -- Mass killing at a distance: US complicity in the East Timor genocide and international structural violence (1975-1999) -- The US role in Argentina's "dirty war" (1976-1983) -- The United States government's relationship with Guatemala during the genocide of the Maya (1981-1983) -- Calculated avoidance: the Clinton administration and the 100-day genocide in Rwanda (1994). |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century -- Decision making -- Case studies.
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United States. |
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International relations. |
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20th century |
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Decision making. |
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Case studies.
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Genocide -- Case studies.
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Crimes against humanity -- Case studies.
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Crimes against humanity -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Politics and government. |
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Genocide. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. |
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Crimes against humanity. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. |
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HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. |
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Totten, Samuel, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dirty hands and vicious deeds. [North York, Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, [2018] 9781442635265 (OCoLC)988888176 |
| ISBN |
9781442635289 (electronic book) |
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1442635282 (electronic book) |
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9781442635272 |
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1442635274 |
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9781442635265 (hardcover) |
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1442635266 (hardcover) |
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9781442635258 (paperback) |
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1442635258 (paperback) |
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