Abstract
In analyzing West German police assistance for Costa Rica,we uncover the transnational dynamics of Cold War counterinsurgency policing during the Central American conflicts of the 1980s. We scrutinize West Germany’s engagements with Costa Rica, demonstrating how technical police-assistance by the self-fashioned West German ‘civilian power’ fed into a wider counterinsurgency turn in Costa Rican policing. Highlighting the role of local agency and transnational context conditions, we point towards the interest of the Costa Rican government in reaching out to West Germany to demonstrate its neutrality within the ongoing conflicts while simultaneously bolstering the counterinsurgency capacities of its police forces.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Small Wars and Insurgencies |
| Vol/bind | 33 |
| Udgave nummer | 4-5 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 581-606 |
| Antal sider | 26 |
| ISSN | 0959-2318 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 2022 |
Bibliografisk note
Important note from the Publisher regarding the attached version of the article: “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Small Wars and Insurgencies on 31 Aug 2021, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09592318.2021.1961046.”Emneord
- Central America
- Cold War
- Costa Rica
- Counterinsurgency
- Latin America
- West Germany
- police assistance