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State Crime, the Media, and the Invasion of Panama
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Christina Jacqueline Johns, P. Ward Johnson
Book Code: C4314
ISBN: 0-275-94314-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94314-1
168 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/1993
List Price: $106.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Johns and Johnson analyze the invasion of Panama in order to explore the ways in which the War on Drugs has been used as an ideological justification for a projection of U.S. state power into Latin America. They characterize the Bush Administration's reasons for the invasion as cynical ideological rhetoric which covered up strategic interests the United States had in deposing Noriega and replacing him with a more cooperative regime. The authors particularly discuss the role of media coverage, including the demonization of Noriega and the immediate adoption by the corporate media of the name "Operation Just Cause," in legitimating the invasion and transforming it in popular ideology as a law enforcement operation. Finally, they examine the aftermath of the invasion in the United States--Bush's popularity ratings, the distortion of civilian casualty information, the macho celebration of the war--and in Panama--the destruction of the labor and independence movements, the puppet Endara government, and the increased drug trafficking through Panama.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Democracies in Jeopardy: Rollback and Panama
  • Economic Sanctions
  • Campaign to Depose Noriega
  • Reasons for the Shift in Policy on Noriega: Why Panama Became a Rollback Target
  • Reasons for the Invasion: Lies to the Nation
  • Media Complicity in a "Fine Little War"
  • The Aftermath
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index
LC Card Number: 93-19092
LCC Class: F1567
Dewey Class: 972.8705
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