Argentina's Dirty War
06/13/19 • 17 min
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The Argentine Military Junta's brutal campaign of repression, torture and murder that resulted in 30,000 left wing supporters "disappearing" and 500 children taken from their families to be raised by childless members of the military.
MAIN SOURCES/FURTHER READING:
J. Hedges - Argentina: A Modern History
P.H. Lewis - Guerrillas and Generals: The Dirty War in Argentina
D.M.K. Sheinin – Consent of the Damned: Ordinary Argentineans in the Dirty War
W. Fowler – Latin America 1800-2000
CBS 60 minutes. The Dirty War. Presented by Bob Simon. 2000
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/argentina
The Argentine Military Junta's brutal campaign of repression, torture and murder that resulted in 30,000 left wing supporters "disappearing" and 500 children taken from their families to be raised by childless members of the military.
MAIN SOURCES/FURTHER READING:
J. Hedges - Argentina: A Modern History
P.H. Lewis - Guerrillas and Generals: The Dirty War in Argentina
D.M.K. Sheinin – Consent of the Damned: Ordinary Argentineans in the Dirty War
W. Fowler – Latin America 1800-2000
CBS 60 minutes. The Dirty War. Presented by Bob Simon. 2000
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/argentina
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