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

by Michael T. Klare, Cynthia Arnson, Daniel Volman

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.

165 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Michael T. Klare is a Five Colleges professor of Peace and World Security Studies, whose department is located at Hampshire College, defense correspondent of The Nation magazine, and author of Resource Wars and Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency (Metropolitan).

Klare also teaches at Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Klare also serves on the boards of directors of Human Rights Watch, and the Arms Control Association. He is a regular contributor to many publications including The Nation, TomDispatch, Mother Jones, and is a frequent columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus.