UID:
almafu_9959244647602883
Format:
1 online resource (410 p.)
Edition:
Rev. and updated, with a new epilogue.
ISBN:
0-19-975303-2
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1-283-00986-2
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9786613009869
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0-19-975326-1
Content:
Tanks roaring over farmlands, pregnant women tortured, 30,000 individuals ""disappeared""--these were the horrors of Argentina's Dirty War. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year and Finalist for the L.L. Winship / PEN New England Award in 1998, A Lexicon of Terror is a sensitive and unflinching account of the sadism, paranoia, and deception the military junta unleashed on the Argentine people from 1976 to 1983. This updated edition features a new epilogue that chronicles major political, legal, and social developments in Argentina since the book's initial publication. It also continues the
Note:
Subtitle from cover.
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Gentlemen's Coup; A Lexicon of Terror; 1 A Lexicon of Terror; 2 Night and Fog; 3 "Life Here Is Normal,"; 4 The Land Mourneth; 5 The House of the Blind; 6 "The Scilingo Effect" The Past Is a Predator; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-974469-6
Language:
English
