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Historical dictionary of the dirty wars / David Kohut and Olga Vilella.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kohut, David R., 1953- author.
- Vilella, Olga, 1954- author.
- Series:
- Historical dictionaries of war, revolution, and civil unrest (Unnumbered)
- Historical dictionaries of war, revolution, and civil unrest
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political violence--Chile--History--20th century--Dictionaries.
- Political violence.
- Political violence--South America--History--20th century--Dictionaries.
- Political violence--Uruguay--History--20th century--Dictionaries.
- Argentina--History--Dirty War, 1976-1983--Dictionaries.
- Argentina.
- Chile--History--1973-1988--Dictionaries.
- Chile.
- South America--History--20th century--Dictionaries.
- South America.
- Uruguay--History--1904-1973--Dictionaries.
- Uruguay.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (495 pages) : illustrations, map.
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2017.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
- Summary:
- The Historical Dictionary of the Dirty Wars coversthe period 1954-1990 in South America, when authoritarian regimes waged war on subversion, both real and imagined.The term "dirty war" (guerra sucia), though originally associated with the military dictatorship in Argentina from 1976 to 1983, has since been applied to neighboring dictatorships in.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Editor's Foreword
- Preface
- Reader's Note
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Map
- Chronology
- Introduction
- THE DICTIONARY
- Bibliography
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 08, 2019).
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-41064-5
- 979-82-16-23976-5
- OCLC:
- 960940728
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