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Introduction................................................................................. 8
1. Free World Vignettes .............................................................. 11
1. The Miseries of Traditional Life.............................................. 15
2. Challenge and Response: Nicaragua....................................... 21
3. Challenge and Response: El Salvador ..................................... 29
3.1 The Carter Years ............................................................ 29
3.2 Reagan Takes Command................................................. 35
4. Challenge and Response: Guatemala...................................... 49
5. The Reagan Administration and Human Rights........................ 54
6. The Contribution of the Mercenary States................................ 58
7. The Planning of State Terror.................................................. 63
8. The Miseries of Traditional Life: A Further Note ....................... 67
2. The Fifth Freedom.................................................................. 72
1. Rhetoric and Reality ............................................................ 73
2. The Perceptions of the Planners ............................................ 79
3. Latin America: “An Incident, Not An End”............................... 96
4. Planning For Global Hegemony............................................ 104
5. The Crimes of Nicaragua .................................................... 117
3. Patterns of Intervention ........................................................ 135
1. Defending our Sovereignty .................................................. 136
2. The Rule of Law and the Rule of Force ................................. 143
3. The US and El Salvador in Historical Perspective ................... 152
4. Contemporary State Terrorism: the System
Established........................................................................... 156
5. The System Applied: Torturing El Salvador............................ 162
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