Behind the Disappearances: Argentina's Dirty War Against Human Rights and the United NationsUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, 1990 - 605 páginas Drawing on confidential Argentinian documents and memoranda, Behind the Disappearances documents a seven-year diplomatic war by one of the twentieth century's most brutal regimes. It relates how, starting in 1976, Argentina's military government tried to cripple the UN's human rights machinery in an effort to prevent international condemnation of its policy of disappearances. Initially this attempt succeeded, but in 1980—with encouragement from the Carter administration—UN officials regained the initiative and created a special working group on disappearances that rejuvenated the UN's efforts. This progress was abruptly halted in 1981 when the Reagan administration sided with the Argentinian regime. The result, claims the author, not only undercut the UN's actions against disappearances but also weakened its chances of playing a positive role in aiding Latin America's transition from dictatorship to democracy. |
Contenido
Buenos Aires September II 1985 | 1 |
Mónica Disappears | 9 |
The War Begins | 23 |
The Carter Years | 149 |
Derian into the Lions Den | 151 |
The Allis Chalmers Controversy | 164 |
Martínez Prepares | 180 |
Shestack Breaks the U N Jinx | 190 |
Uneasy Transition | 333 |
The Angels Wings are Clipped | 335 |
The Unplugging | 345 |
Betrayal in Geneva | 357 |
Appendices | 359 |
The Politicized United Nations | 366 |
Alfonsíns Compromise | 381 |
The Denuncia | 392 |
The Chairman Disappears | 202 |
The Dialogue Starts the Disease Spreads | 216 |
The Pressure Pays Off | 229 |
The Reagan Years | 245 |
The Neoconservative Revolution | 247 |
The Carrier Changes Course | 261 |
Lefevers Calvary | 277 |
Abrams Recoups | 291 |
The Knives Sharpen | 303 |
The Dictators Triumph | 320 |
Buenos Aires September 1985 Relatives in Limbo | 403 |
to Deliver to the U N Human Rights Commission | 436 |
NonGovernmental Organizations and the United Nations | 442 |
158 | 449 |
Torture at the ESMA | 461 |
Amnestys Fraught Visit | 468 |
Bibliography | 561 |
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