Format:
Online-Ressource (228 p)
ISBN:
9780813042398
Content:
Under violent military dictatorship, Operation Condor and the Dirty War scarred Argentina from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, leaving behind a legacy of repression, state terror, and political murder. Even today, the now-democratic Argentine government attempts to repair the damage of these atrocities by making human rights a policy priority. But what about the other Dirty War, during which Argentine civilians--including indigenous populations--and foreign powers ignored and even abetted the state's vicious crimes against humanity? In this groundbreaking new work, David Sheinin draws on p
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: How Unpopular Was the Argentine Dictatorship?; 1. Dictatorship, Media, and Message; 2. "A Correct, Hermeneutic Reading": Fantasies of a Constitutional Coup and the Promotion of Indigenous Rights; 3. The Frank War, the Fabrication of an Ongoing Menace, and the Jews; 4. Democracy and the (Re)Shaping of Human Rights Politics; 5. Finding a Cynical Center; Epilogue: Saving Jorge Omar Merengo; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813042596
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Consent of the Damned : The Quiet Acceptance of Human Rights Abuses from Dictatorship to Democracy
Language:
English
Keywords:
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