Argentina's Missing Bones

Revisiting the History of the Dirty War
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-520-29793-7
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 290 g

Reihe: Violence in Latin American History

Argentina’s Missing Bones is the first comprehensive English-language work of historical scholarship on the 1976–83 military dictatorship and Argentina’s notorious experience with state terrorism during the so-called dirty war. It examines this history in a single but crucial place: Córdoba, Argentina’s second largest city. A site of thunderous working-class and student protest prior to the dictatorship, it later became a place where state terrorism was particularly cruel. Considering the legacy of this violent period, James P. Brennan examines the role of the state in constructing a public memory of the violence and in holding those responsible accountable through the most extensive trials for crimes against humanity to take place anywhere in Latin America.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brennan, James P.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1
1. Threats: Apostles of the New Order 8
2. Dictatorship: Terrorizing Córdoba 19
3. Death Camp: La Perla 36
4. Institutional Dynamics: The Third Army Corps 51
5. Transnational Dynamics: The Cold War and the War against Subversion 62
6. Five Trials: Public Reckonings of a Violent Past 77
7. Remembering: Memories of Violence and Terror 89
8. Assigning Blame: Who Was Responsible for the Dirty War? 105
Epilogue 116

Appendix 1 119
Appendix 2 123
Appendix 3 149
Notes 155
Selected Bibliography 181

Über Autor(innen)

James P. Brennan is Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside, where he teaches modern Latin American history.