Dirty Hands And Vicious Deeds: The U.S. Government’s Complicity In Crimes Against Humanity And Genocide

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These original essays show how the US government repeatedly aided certain regimes as they planned and then carried out crimes against humanity and genocide. What makes the collection unique-and chilling-is the inclusion of declassified documents generated by the US government at the time: memoranda, telegrams, letters, talking points, cables, discussion papers, and situation reports. In his introduction, Totten offers a critical assessment of US foreign policy as it pertains to genocide and crimes against humanity, and discusses the differences between those two terms. In the chapters that follow, each author presents a detailed analysis of a particular case of crimes against humanity or genocide by a foreign government against its own citizens, and discusses why and how the United States government was complicit. Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Introduction......Page 8 Essay......Page 30 Documents......Page 56 Essay......Page 77 Documents......Page 116 Essay......Page 141 Documents......Page 166 Essay......Page 226 Documents......Page 247 Essay......Page 285 Documents......Page 308 Essay......Page 350 Documents......Page 391 Essay......Page 417 Documents......Page 449 Afterword......Page 474 Appendix I: List of Crimes Against Humanity......Page 478 Appendix II: United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide......Page 479 Acknowledgments......Page 484 About the Authors......Page 485 A......Page 489 C......Page 490 F......Page 492 H......Page 493 J......Page 494 M......Page 495 N......Page 496 R......Page 497 S......Page 498 U......Page 499 W......Page 500 Z......Page 501