| Description |
xii, 384 pages ; 24 cm. |
|
text txt rdacontent |
|
unmediated n rdamedia |
|
volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Culture, politics, and the Cold War |
|
Culture, politics, and the Cold War.
|
|
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
|
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-367) and index. |
| Contents |
The first operation phoenix: U.S. colonial policing in the Philippines and the blood of empire -- "Popping off" Sandinistas and Cacos: police training in occupied Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua -- "Their goal was nothing less than total knowledge": policing in occupied Japan and the rise of the national security doctrine -- "Law in whose name, order for whose benefit?" police training, "nation-building" and political repression in postcolonial South Korea -- "Free government cannot exist without safeguards against subversion": the clandestine cold war in Southeast Asia I -- The secret war in Laos and other Vietnam sideshows: the clandestine cold war in Southeast Asia II -- "As I recall the many tortures": Michigan State University, Operation Phoenix, and the making of a police state in south Vietnam -- Arming tyrants I: American police training and the postcolonial nightmare in Africa -- Arming tyrants II: police training and neocolonialism in the Mediterranean and Middle East -- The dark side of the alliance for progress: police training and state terror in Latin America during the Cold War -- Conclusion : The violence comes full circle--From the Cold War to the War on Terror. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Note |
All rights reserved. |
| Subject |
Police -- Political aspects -- History.
|
|
Police training -- Developing countries -- History.
|
|
Military planning -- United States -- History.
|
|
United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries.
|
|
Developing countries -- Foreign relations -- United States.
|
|
Imperialism.
|
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
|
| Added Title |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
9781558499171 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
|
1558499172 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
|
9781558499164 (library cloth ; alk. paper) |
|
1558499164 (library cloth ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb34662 hdl |
|
