The Library of Congress > LCCN Permalink

View this record in:  MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)External Link

Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (U.S.)

LC control no.n 2001015544
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingWestern Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (U.S.)
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities  or the  LC Catalog
Variant(s)WHINSEC
WHISC
United States. Army. Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
Western Hemisphere Institute on Security Cooperation (U.S.)
See alsoPredecessor: U.S. Army School of the Americas
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities
Beginning date2001-01-17
LocatedFort Benning (Ga.)
Field of activityMilitary education
Found inNelson-Pallmeyer, Jack. School of assassins, 2001: CIP pref. (U.S. Army School of the Americas is now officially known as the Western Hemisphere Institute on Security Cooperation; WHISC)
Global concerns, Maryknoll web site, March/April 2001 Aug. 23, 2001 (On January 17, 2001 the School of the Americas was replaced by the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation)
USARCARIB School catalog, 1961 (name not given)
Fort Benning website, viewed 21 March 2019 (Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC); based at Fort Benning; opened its doors 17 January 2001)
Wikipedia, viewed 21 March 2019 (Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC); created in the 2001 National Defense Authorization Act; formerly known as the US Army School of the Americas)