The United States offered other nations a template of propaganda and punishment to emulate

Evidence

In the Civil War, these methods played a prominent role on both sides. Confederate regular forces, Confederate guerrillas such as William Quantrill, and General Sherman for the Union all engaged in waging total war against civilians. The pattern would continue in US military interventions overseas, from the Philippines and Cuba to Central America, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 224 (#expands, via linked claim)

Jackson believed that the Soviets’ sinister purpose was to “plant the idea that maybe the Americans are morally capable of initiating germ warfare.” — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1119 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: The United States dominates a global prison economy and punishment style — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 267; European states helped the US detain and outsource-torture suspects — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 590; US War on Terror frames enable mass internment and ethnic cleansing abroad. (+5 more)

Related

• Scorched-earth warfare against civilians became the template for later U.S. overseas interventions. (similarity 0.87)

Broader Connections

• Scorched-earth warfare against civilians became the template for later U.S. overseas interventions. #expands (0.65) — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 224
• The Soviets’ germ-warfare propaganda aimed to discredit American morality regarding warfare. #exemplifies (0.55) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1119