Hidden Terrors: The Truth About U.S. Police Operations in Latin America
by A. J. Langguth
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A "devastating" exposé of the United States' Latin American policy and the infamous career and assassination of agent Dan Mitrione (Kirkus Reviews). In 1960, former Richmond, Indiana, police chief Dan Mitrione moved to Brazil to begin a new career with the United States Agency for International Development. During his ten years with the USAID, Mitrione trained and oversaw foreign police forces in extreme counterinsurgency tactics--including torture--aimed at stomping out communism across show more South America. Though he was only a foot soldier in a larger secret campaign, he became a symbol of America's brutal interventionism when he was kidnapped and executed by Tupamaro rebels in Montevideo, Uruguay. In Hidden Terrors, former New York Times Saigon bureau chief A. J. Langguth chronicles with chilling detail Mitrione's work for the USAID on the ground in South America and Washington, DC, where he shared his expertise. Along the way, Langguth provides an authoritative overview of America's efforts to destabilize communist movements and prop up military dictators in South America, presenting a "powerful indictment of what the United States helped to bring about in this hemisphere" (The New York Times). Even today, the tactics Mitrione helped develop continue to influence operations in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and black sites around the globe. show lessTags
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A.J. Langguth covered the war in Vietnam for "The New York Times" & served as its Saigon Bureau Chief in 1965, returning again for the paper in 1968 & 1970. A professor of journalism in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California, Jack is also the author of eight previous books, including "Patriots: The Men Who show more Started the American Revolution." He lives in Los Angeles, California. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1978
- People/Characters
- Dan Mitrione
- Important places
- Brazil; Uruguay
- Important events
- 1964 Brazilian coup
- Related movies
- State of Siege (1972 | IMDb)
- Dedication
- For Arthur Langguth
(1906-1976)
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, General Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir, Anthropology
- DDC/MDS
- 327.12 — Society, government, & culture Political science International Relations: Spies Foreign policy and specific topics in international relations Espionage and subversion
- LCC
- JK468 .I6 .L35 — Political Science Political institutions and public administration (United States) Political institutions and public administration United States Government. Public administration
- BISAC
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- 46
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- Rating
- (3.75)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 3
