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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828623503321

Autore

Wright Thomas C

Titolo

State Terrorism in Latin America : Chile, Argentina, and International Human Rights

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006

ISBN

1-4616-4280-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Collana

Latin American Silhouettes

Disciplina

982.06/4

982.064

Soggetti

Human rights -- Argentina

Human rights -- Chile

State-sponsored terrorism -- Argentina

State-sponsored terrorism -- Chile

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms; Introduction; Part I: Human Rights, State Terrorism, and Latin America; Chapter 1 The Human Rights Revolution; Chapter 2 The Latin American Human Rights Crisis; Part II: The Dirty Wars; Chapter 3 Chile under State Terrorism; Chapter 4 The Dirty War in Argentina; Part III: Justice versus Impunity; Chapter 5 Argentina: The Sinuous Path of Transitional Justice; Chapter 6 Chile: Impunity, Truth, and Justice in a Protected Democracy; Conclusion: Chile, Argentina, and International Human Rights; Selected Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This cogent book examines the tragic development and ultimate resolution of Latin America's human rights crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. Thomas Wright focuses especially on state terrorism in Chile under General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) and in Argentina during the Dirty War (1976-1983). He offers a nuanced exploration of the reciprocal relationship between Argentina and Chile and human rights movements, clearly demonstrating how state terrorism in these countries strengthened the international human rights lobby and how, in turn, that more powerful lobby ultimately helped bring repressors t