Book contents
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume III
- Introduction to Volume III
- Part I Racism, Total War, Imperial Collapse and Revolution
- Part II World War Two
- Part III The Nation-State System during the Cold War
- 17 Genocide in Latin America, 1950–2000
- 18 China under Mao, 1949–1976
- 19 Half a Century of Genocide and Extermination
- 20 Secession and Genocide in the Republic of Biafra, 1966–1970
- 21 Bangladesh, 1971
- 22 The Genocides in Cambodia, 1975–1979
- 23 The Guatemalan Genocide
- 24 Mass Violence and the Kurds
- 25 Vulnerable Peoples in the Contemporary Era
- Part IV Globalisation and Genocide since the Cold War
- Index
17 - Genocide in Latin America, 1950–2000
from Part III - The Nation-State System during the Cold War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 June 2023
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Book contents
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume III
- Introduction to Volume III
- Part I Racism, Total War, Imperial Collapse and Revolution
- Part II World War Two
- Part III The Nation-State System during the Cold War
- 17 Genocide in Latin America, 1950–2000
- 18 China under Mao, 1949–1976
- 19 Half a Century of Genocide and Extermination
- 20 Secession and Genocide in the Republic of Biafra, 1966–1970
- 21 Bangladesh, 1971
- 22 The Genocides in Cambodia, 1975–1979
- 23 The Guatemalan Genocide
- 24 Mass Violence and the Kurds
- 25 Vulnerable Peoples in the Contemporary Era
- Part IV Globalisation and Genocide since the Cold War
- Index
Summary
Massive state violence in Latin America reached its peak in the twentieth century during the cold war under the National Security Doctrine (NSD). This doctrine provided an ideological justification for dictatorships in the region in the 1960s and 1970s, and even influenced regimes in countries where there was no breakdown of democracy, such as Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico. The NSD identified a new type of enemy – the ‘internal enemy’; a new form of warfare – the counter-insurgency campaign; and a new role for the armed forces – controlling the domestic population.
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- The Cambridge World History of Genocide , pp. 403 - 428Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023