Date of Award
January 2011
Degree Type
Open Access Thesis
Document Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
Department Name when Degree Awarded
History
First Advisor
Todd Hartch
Department Affiliation
History
Abstract
In order to highlight the complicity of the American government, this thesis will discuss in depth the most important massacre perpetrated by the Salvadoran military. While the American government maintained publicly that respect for human rights was one of the main goals of its mission in El Salvador, the six billion dollars of aid and American actions in the region belied another reality. This examination argues that it is clear that the massacre at El Mozote in late 1981 was the direct result of U.S. foreign policy initiatives. Although the Americans kept themselves insulated to provide for plausible deniability, the policies of the Carter and Reagan administrations institutionalized the murder of civilians as a necessary element of American foreign policy in El Salvador.
Copyright
Copyright 2011 Dustin Hill
Recommended Citation
Hill, Dustin, "Commitment Beyond Morality: American Complicity in the Massacre at El Mozote, El Salvador, 1981" (2011). Online Theses and Dissertations. 49.
https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/49
