Introduction -- Ch. 1 The school of the Americas and terror in El Salvador -- Ch. 2 Guatemala : a country incommunicado -- Ch. 3 Chile : the forgotten past is full of memory -- Ch. 4 Argentina's dirty war -- Ch. 5 South Africa, apartheid, and terror -- Ch. 6 Indonesia : three series of massacres -- Ch. 7 The root doctrine and some notorious instances of U.S. support for dictators -- Ch. 8 The roots of the war on terrorism : Washington's policies in the Middle East -- Ch. 9 The war on terrorism -- Ch. 10 Conclusions and recommendations -- Endnotes -- Index