Overview
Retired navy officer Adolfo Scilingo was the first man ever to break the Argentine military's pact of silence, stunning his compatriots and the world by openly confessing his participation in the hideous practice of pushing live political dissidents out of airplanes during Argentina's dirty war. Available for the first time in paperback, with a new introduction by Judge Gabriel Cavallo on the upcoming military trials and a new epilogue by the author, Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior includes the complete text of Scilingo's confession in the form of interviews given to Argentina's best-known investigative journalist, Horacio Verbitsky, along with an afterword by Juan Mendez, putting these events in the context of the dirty war.
Full Product Details
Author: Horacio Verbitsky
Publisher: The New Press
Imprint: The New Press
Edition: UK ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.281kg
ISBN: 9781565849853
ISBN 10: 156584985
Pages: 323
Publication Date: 01 January 1996
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""This book caused a furor...in Argentina, where at least nine thousand of the ""disappeared"" remain unaccounted for, but its lessons about officially sanctioned atrocities are universal."" - The New Yorker ""Horacio Verbitsky is one of the world's best and bravest journalists. His account of the atrocities committed by the Argentine military is stupefying. It makes us wonder what those who loudly claim to be fighting terrorism today thought they were doing when they shut their eyes to the horrors he describes."" Hugh O'Shaughnessy"""
""This book caused a furor...in Argentina, where at least nine thousand of the ""disappeared"" remain unaccounted for, but its lessons about officially sanctioned atrocities are universal."" - The New Yorker ""Horacio Verbitsky is one of the world's best and bravest journalists. His account of the atrocities committed by the Argentine military is stupefying. It makes us wonder what those who loudly claim to be fighting terrorism today thought they were doing when they shut their eyes to the horrors he describes."" Hugh O'Shaughnessy""
This book caused a furor...in Argentina, where at least nine thousand of the disappeared remain unaccounted for, but its lessons about officially sanctioned atrocities are universal. - The New Yorker Horacio Verbitsky is one of the world's best and bravest journalists. His account of the atrocities committed by the Argentine military is stupefying. It makes us wonder what those who loudly claim to be fighting terrorism today thought they were doing when they shut their eyes to the horrors he describes. Hugh O'Shaughnessy
Author Information
Horacio Verbitsky is Argentina's leading investigative journalist, winner of the 1995 Latin American Studies Association Media Award, and author of a dozen books. He also presides over Argentina's main human rights organization, the Center for Legal and Social Studies. He lives in Buenos Aires.
