Title: Consent of the damned : ordinary Argentinians in the dirty war /
Authors: Sheinin, David.
Publisher: University Press of Florida,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Political persecution Argentina History; National socialism Moral and ethical aspects Argentina.; Political violence Argentina History; Human rights Argentina History; Argentina Politics and government; Argentina Military policy
Abstract: An examination of the way the Argentinian military dictatorship was able to commit human rights abuses because it was abetted by the willingness of Argentine civilians to either ignore or either assist their perpetration.
Contents: Introduction: How unpopular was the Argentine dictatorship? -- Dictatorship, media, and message -- "A correct, hermeneutic reading": fantasies of a constitutional coup and the promotion of indigenous -- Rights -- The Frank War, the fabrication of an ongoing menace, and the Jews -- Democracy and the (re)shaping of human rights politics -- Finding a cynical center -- Epilogue: Saving Jorge Omar Merengo.