1. From Counterinsurgency to State-Sanctioned Terror: Waging the Cold War in Latin America

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction: Human Rights and the Cold War 1
6. 1. From Counterinsurgency to State-Sanctioned Terror: Waging the Cold War in Latin America 8
7. 2. The “Third World War”: U.S.-Argentine Relations, 1960–1976 29
8. 3. “Human Rights Is Suddenly Chic”: The Rise of The Movement, 1970–1976 56
9. 4. “Total Immersion in All the Horrors of the World”: The Carter Administration and Human Rights, 1977–1978 83
10. 5. On the Offensive: Human Rights in U.S.-Argentine Relations, 1978–1979 120
11. 6. “Tilting against Gray-Flannel Windmills”: U.S.-Argentine Relations, 1979–1980 156
12. Conclusion: Carter, Reagan, and the Human Rights Revolution 182
13. Abbreviations Used in the Notes 195
14. Notes 197
15. Primary Sources 245
16. Index 247