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Contents Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations Used in Text Xl Introduction Part I Taking Up the "White Man's Burden" Imperial Policing in the Philippines and the Caribbean 17 1. The First Operation Phoenix: U.S. Colonial Policing in the Philippines and the Blood ofEmpire 21 2. "Popping Off" Sandinistas and Cacos: Police Training in Occupied Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua 37 Part II Under the Facade of Benevolence Police Training and the Cold War in Southeast Asia from the "Reverse Course" to Operation Phoenix 53 3. "Their Goal Was Nothing Less than Total Knowledge": Policing in Occupied Japan and the Rise of the National Security Doctrine 57 4. "Law in Whose Name, Order for Whose Benefit?" Police Training, "NationBuilding " and Political Repression in Postcolonial South Korea 79 5. "Free Government Cannot Exist without Safeguards against Subversion": The Clandestine Cold War in Southeast Asia I 99 6. The Secret War in Laos and Other Vietnam Sideshows: The Clandestine Cold War in Southeast Asia II 121 7. '1\s I Recall the Many Tortures": Michigan State University, Operation Phoenix, and the Making ofa Police State in South Vietnam 141 vii Part III The Cold War on the Periphery Police Training and the Hunt for Subversives in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East 163 8. Arming Tyrants I: American Police Training and the Postcolonial Nightmare in Africa 165 9. Arming Tyrants II: Police Training and Neocolonialism in the Mediterranean and Middle East 188 10. The Dark Side ofthe Alliance for Progress: Police Training and State Terror in Latin America during the Cold War 208 Conclusion: The Violence Comes Full Circle-From the Cold War to the War on Terror 232 Abbreviations Used in Notes 253 Notes 257 Index 369 viii Contents ...