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<p>Historical Dictionary of the "Dirty Wars" covers the most recent period of military dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983), Chile (1973-1990), and Uruguay (1973-1985), when national-security regimes waged war against suspected subversives. The chief targets were leftists, especially armed guerrillas and their supporters, though "subversive" came to include anyone perceived to be a threat to the status quo. Unlike a conventional war, fought against a physical enemy, a "dirty war" (guerra sucia) is fought against an ideology. The difficulty of rooting out such an unconventional enemy was thought to justify unconventional tactics. As a result, thousands of citizens were abducted by security forces, illegally detained, and tortured. Many became desaparecidos, vanishing without a trace. Although the term "dirty war" is most closely associated with Argentina during the 1970s, it has since become a byword for state-sponsored terror in other parts of the world and in other historical contexts. The reason for focusing on the Southern Cone of South America is threefold. First, these countries are often discussed together in the literature on dictatorship and its aftermath. Second, they wer

Author

Kohut, David R.; Julian, Beatrice; Vilella, Olga

Publisher

The Scarecrow Press, Inc.

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780810848535

Subjects

History, Sociology, Science