Death squads, guerrilla war, covert operations, and genocide : Guatemala and the United States, 1954-1999 / [project director, Kate Doyle].

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Contains 2,071 declassified documents describing U.S. relations with Guatemala during the decades of violent conflict sparked by the CIA-controlled coup in 1954. The documents include CIA operational records produced during the coup, National Security Council deliberations on consolidating a post-co...

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Corporate Author: National Security Archive (U.S.)
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, MI : [Washington, D.C.] : ProQuest Information and Learning ; National Security Archive, 2002.
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations > Guatemala > Sources.
Guatemala > Foreign relations > United States > Sources.
Guatemala > Politics and government > 1945-1985 > Sources.
Guatemala > Politics and government > 1985- > Sources.
Government, Resistance to > Guatemala > History > 20th century > Sources.
Human rights > Guatemala > History > Sources.
Genre:
Sources.
Online Access:
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Physical Description:1 online resource.
Variant Title:
Guatemala and the United States, 1954-1999.
Guatemala and the U.S.
Format: Electronic eBook
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Summary:
Contains 2,071 declassified documents describing U.S. relations with Guatemala during the decades of violent conflict sparked by the CIA-controlled coup in 1954. The documents include CIA operational records produced during the coup, National Security Council deliberations on consolidating a post-coup regime friendly to the United States, and extensive intelligence and embassy reporting on Guatemala's U.S.-trained security apparatus. The material includes detailed information on the human rights catastrophe that gripped Guatemala during its 30-year civil conflict. Finally and most uniquely, the set contains an extraordinary and chilling record smuggled out of the archives of Guatemalan military intelligence-the grim, 54-page diario militar, or "death squad diary," obtained by National Security archive staff, which ties the Guatemalan army directly to the disappearance of dozens of Guatemalan citizens.
Note:A collection of declassified documents. Part of the Digital national security archive (DNSA), which contains documents originally collected and published by the National Security Archive.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:E183.8.G9 D43 Online
Source of Description:
Title from Collections guide (viewed Feb. 17, 2012)