Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Self-Defense, Class Oppression, and Extortion: Alternative VIews of State VIolence | p. 11 |
Antecedents: the Matanza and the Establishment of Military Rule | p. 41 |
The Failure of Institutional Military Rule | p. 69 |
Experiments in State Terrorism: Repression and Polarization Under Carlos Romero | p. 107 |
The Reformist Coup and the First Revolutionary Governing Junta | p. 133 |
Descent into Mass Murder | p. 178 |
Breaking the Protection Racket: from War to Peace | p. 218 |
Conclusion | p. 256 |
Proclamation of the Armed Forces of the Republic of El Salvadop, 15 Octobep 1879 | p. 267 |
Statement of the Martinez Anti-Communist Bridgade | p. 271 |
Draft Manifesto by Major Roberto D'Aubuisson for Use in Aborted Right-Wing Coup of May 1980 | p. 273 |
Abbreviations and Acronyms | p. 275 |
Notes | p. 281 |
References | p. 307 |
Index | p. 319 |
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