A lexicon of terror
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 an 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 development…
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- Full title :A lexicon of terror / Marguerite Feitlowitz.
Summary
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 an 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.
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- Publication Date:2011.
- Edition:Rev. & updated, with a new epilogue
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xviii, 391 p. :) : : il
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199753260, 0199753261
- oclc:ocn984782543
- Dewey Decimal:982.06/3
Table of Contents
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.
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