state-sponsored terrorism

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state-sponsored terrorism

Fahrenheit 451

2010
In a society in which books are outlawed, Guy Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read, but when he becomes a hunted fugitive, Montag is forced to make a choice between personal safety and intellectual freedom. Presented in Spanish.

Postmemories of terror

a new generation copes with the legacy of the "Dirty War"
2005
A collection of oral histories from sixty-three young people who were too young to remember the events of the military dictatorship in Argentina between 1976 and 1983, and explores the effects of the war on their lives.

Death squad

the anthropology of state terror
2000
Examines state-sanctioned terrorism from an anthropological viewpoint in eight case studies from Argentina, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Northern Ireland, and Spain.

The Condor years

how Pinochet and his allies brought terrorism to three continents
2004
Provides the story of Operation Condor, a multi-national terrorist organization encouraged by the CIA and led by Chilean president General Augusto Pinochet that reportedly killed 30,000 of its enemies in South America.

The Pinochet file

a declassified dossier on atrocity and accountability
2003
Chronicles twenty years of American policy and operations in Chile from 1970 to 1990, recounting Washington's role in the consolidation of General Augusto Pinochet's regime, as well as U.S. knowledge of his gross violations of human rights and acts of international terrorism.

Study of revenge

the first World Trade Center attack and Saddam Hussein's war against America
2001
Analyzes the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center which the author claims was intended to bring down the twin towers and argues that the Iraqi government was key in the planning and implementation of the attack and that the failure of the U.S. to thoroughly investigate the incident left the country vulnerable to future terrorist plots.

Fahrenheit 451

2008
After learning that books are a vital part of a culture he never knew, a book-burning official in a future fascist state clandestinely pursues reading until he is betrayed.

Fahrenheit 451

2012
A book burning official in a future fascist state finds out that books are a vital part of a culture he never knew, and he decides to pursue reading, until he is betrayed.

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

the authorized adaptation
2009
A graphic novel adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" about Guy Montag, a career fireman, who realizes the evils of government-controlled thoughts and sets about to change society.

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