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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795420403321

Autore

Brennan James P. <1955->

Titolo

Argentina's missing bones : revisiting the history of the dirty war / / James P. Brennan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

0-520-97007-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Collana

Violence in Latin American History ; ; Volume 6

Disciplina

323.490982

Soggetti

Trials (Crimes against humanity) - Argentina

Argentina History Dirty War, 1976-1983

Córdoba (Argentina) History 20th century Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Threats: Apostles of the New Order -- 2. Dictatorship: Terrorizing Córdoba -- 3. Death Camp: La Perla -- 4. Institutional Dynamics: The Third Army Corps -- 5. Transnational Dynamics: The Cold War and the War against Subversion -- 6. Five Trials: Public Reckonings of a Violent Past -- 7. Remembering: Memories of Violence and Terror -- 8. Assigning Blame: Who Was Responsible for the Dirty War? -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.