Lexicon of Terror Argentina and the Legacies of Torture, Revised and Updated with a New Epilogue

Name: Lexicon of Terror Argentina and the Legacies of Torture, Revised and Updated with a New Epilogue
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ISBN: 9780199744695

ISBN-10: 0199744696

ISBN-13: 9780199744695

Edition: 2011 (Revised)

Authors: Marguerite Feitlowitz

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Tanks 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 the stories of the individuals involved in the Dirty War, including the torturers, kidnappers and…

Book details

List price: $26.49
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/26/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.21" long x 1.15" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Gentlemen's Coup



A Lexicon of Terror



Night and Fog



"Life Here Is Normal,"



The Land Mourneth



The House of the Blind



"The Scilingo Effect" The Past Is a Predator


Epilogue


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index