02923nam 2200649 a 450 991045871420332120200520144314.01-283-00986-297866130098690-19-975326-1(CKB)2560000000055674(EBL)665409(OCoLC)704432450(SSID)ssj0000470895(PQKBManifestationID)12166853(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470895(PQKBWorkID)10416339(PQKB)10342683(MiAaPQ)EBC665409(Au-PeEL)EBL665409(CaPaEBR)ebr10446258(CaONFJC)MIL300986(EXLCZ)99256000000005567420100618d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA lexicon of terror[electronic resource] Argentina and the legacies of torture /Marguerite FeitlowitzRev. and updated, with a new epilogue.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20111 online resource (410 p.)Subtitle from cover.0-19-974469-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexTanks 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 theRhetoricPolitical aspectsArgentinaHistoryPolitical violenceArgentinaHistoryDisappeared personsArgentinaHistoryTerrorismArgentinaHistoryArgentinaPolitics and government1955-1983Electronic books.RhetoricPolitical aspectsHistory.Political violenceHistory.Disappeared personsHistory.TerrorismHistory.982.06/3Feitlowitz Marguerite881942MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458714203321A lexicon of terror1969951UNINA