Supplying Repression: U.S. Support for Authoritarian Regimes Abroad

A detailed analysis of the programs-police, military, and commercial-through which the U.S. delivers repressive arms, technology, and expertise to Third World regimes directly engaged in political terrorism and the suppression of dissent. Klare and Arnson argue that supplying repression has been a consistent characteristic of U.S. foreign policy since the origins of the Cold War, with the “national security syndrome” serving as the rationale for bolstering dictatorships around the globe.