The President’s Kill List
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-1949-6 (ISBN)
From Fidel Castro to Qassem Soleimani, the US government has been involved in an array of assassinations and assassination attempts against foreign leaders and officials. The President’s Kill List reveals how the US government has relied on a variety of methods, from the use of poison to the delivery of sniper rifles, and from employing hitmen to simply laying the groundwork for local actors to do the deed themselves. It shows not only how policymakers decided on assassination but also the level of Presidential control over these decisions. Tracing the history of the US government’s approach to assassination, the book analyses the evolution of assassination policies and, for the first time, reveals how successive administrations - through private justifications and public legitimations – ensured assassination remained an available tool.
Luca Trenta is Associate Professor in International Relations at Swansea University.
Introduction: The US Government and the Assassination of Foreign Officials
Experimenting with Assassination: Brainwashing, Poison, and Early Cold War Plots
Patrice Lumumba: Eisenhower’s Order to Kill
Fidel Castro: The US Government’s Assassination Campaign against Cuba
Rafael Trujillo: Assassination and the US Role in Covert Regime Change
Ngo Dinh Diem: Preparing the Ground for Assassination
René Schneider: Removing the Main obstacle to a Coup in Chile
The Ban on Assassination: The ‘Season of Inquiry’ and the Fight Over the Prohibition on Assassination
Muhammar Qaddafi: The Return of Assassination during the Reagan Years
Manuel Noriega: Coups, Failed coups, and the Ban on Assassination
Saddam Hussein: Assassination and the Long Confrontation between the US Government and Iraq
Osama Bin Laden: Assassination and Counterterrorism on the Road to 9/11
Conclusion: Assassination, ‘targeted killings,’ and the ban since 9/11
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.05.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3995-1949-2 / 1399519492 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3995-1949-6 / 9781399519496 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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