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NOAM CHOMSKY

TURNING

THE TIDE

US Intervention in Central

America and the

Struggle for Peace

ESSENTIAL CLASSICS IN POLITICS : NOAM CHOMSKY

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TURNING THE TIDE

US Intervention in Central

America and the Struggle for

Peace

Noam Chomsky

1985 by Noam Chomsky

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Chomsky, Noam

Turning the tide.

Bibliography: p.

Includes index.

1. Central America—Politics and government—1979- . 2. Violence—Central

America—History—20th century. 3. Civil rights—Central America—History—20th

century. 4. Central America—Foreign relations—United States. 5. United States—

Foreign relations—Central America.

I. Title

F1 436. 8. U6 1985 327. 728073

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Classics in Politics: Turning the Tide Noam Chomsky

Contents

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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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