Predatory States Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin America

by McSherry, J. Patrice

• ISBN13: 9780742536869
• ISBN10: 0742536866
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-03
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This powerful work makes a compelling case that U.S. forces secretly condoned and assisted the implementation of Operation Condor, a covert Latin American military network created during the Cold War to facilitate the seizure and murder of political oppon

Author Biography

J. Patrice McSherry is associate professor of political science and director of the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program at Long Island University in New York.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xi
Foreword by Martin Almada	xiii
Preface	xvii
Acknowledgments	xxv
Note to Readers on Sources	xxvii
1 What Was Operation Condor?	1	(34)
2 Cold War Security Coordination: The Global Context	35	(34)
3 Operation Condor's Structures and Functioning: The Parallel State in Operation	69	(38)
4 Condor's Killing Machine: Phase II Transnational Operations	107	(32)
5 Phase III: Condor's Assassination Capability	139	(38)
6 Commanders and Operatives of Condor	177	(30)
7 The Central American Connection	207	(34)
8 Conclusions	241	(16)
Bibliography	257	(14)
Index	271	(14)
About the Author	285