num_pages: 328
description: In 1932 security forces in El Salvador murdered 25,000 peasants and workers. Between 1978 and 1991 the Salvadoran government killed an additional 50,000 civilians. This work demonstrates that the Salvadoran military state was essentially a protection racket.
language: English
title: The Protection Racket State: Elite Politics, Military Extortion, and Civil War in El Salvador
titlecomplete: The Protection Racket State: Elite Politics, Military Extortion, and Civil War in El Salvador
genres: War, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 16
publisher: Temple University Press