Between Cold War Imperatives and State-Sponsored Terrorism: The United States and "Operation Condor"

TY - JOUR

T1 - Between Cold War Imperatives and State-Sponsored Terrorism

T2 - The United States and "Operation Condor"

AU - Zanchetta, Barbara

PY - 2016/9/8

Y1 - 2016/9/8

N2 - Operation Condor was a transnational network of organized state-sponsored terrorism that targeted Communist “subversion.” It was operational in the second half of the 1970s. The key member countries were Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil (Peru and Equador joined the network later on, with a more marginal role). Based on declassified documents from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva and on U.S. documents of various origin, this article will assess the development of the Condor network and the U.S. reaction to such manifest acts of state-sponsored terrorism.

AB - Operation Condor was a transnational network of organized state-sponsored terrorism that targeted Communist “subversion.” It was operational in the second half of the 1970s. The key member countries were Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil (Peru and Equador joined the network later on, with a more marginal role). Based on declassified documents from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva and on U.S. documents of various origin, this article will assess the development of the Condor network and the U.S. reaction to such manifest acts of state-sponsored terrorism.

U2 - 10.1080/1057610X.2016.1159069

DO - 10.1080/1057610X.2016.1159069

M3 - Article

SN - 1057-610X

VL - 39

SP - 1084

EP - 1102

JO - STUDIES IN CONFLICT AND TERRORISM

JF - STUDIES IN CONFLICT AND TERRORISM

IS - 12

ER -