02703nam 22004813u 450 991079202860332120210114051444.01-4616-4280-9(CKB)2560000000101903(EBL)1211193(MiAaPQ)EBC1211193(EXLCZ)99256000000010190320130701d2006|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||State Terrorism in Latin America[electronic resource] Chile, Argentina, and International Human RightsLanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishers20061 online resource (287 p.)Latin American SilhouettesDescription based upon print version of record.0-7425-3721-8 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; IndexAbout the AuthorThis 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 tLatin American SilhouettesHuman rights -- ArgentinaHuman rights -- ChileState-sponsored terrorism -- ArgentinaState-sponsored terrorism -- ChileHuman rights -- Argentina.Human rights -- Chile.State-sponsored terrorism -- Argentina.State-sponsored terrorism -- Chile.982.06/4982.064Wright Thomas C879473AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910792028603321State Terrorism in Latin America3781006UNINA