Trained to torture? The human rights effects of military training at the school of the Americas

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 47-64

  McCoy, Katherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RIGHTS; SOCIAL IMPACT; STUDENT; VIOLENCE;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646232755     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: 1552678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X05281113     Document Type: Article

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