A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture


A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture
A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture by Marguerite Feitlowitz

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

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