The Ideological Origins of the Dirty War

Fascism, Populism, and Dictatorship in Twentieth Century Argentina

• Author(s): Federico Finchelstein,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 214
• ISBN_10: 0199930244
  ISBN_13: 9780199930241
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / Latin America / General , History / Latin America / South America , History / Modern / 20th Century / General , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) , Political Science / General , Political Science / Terrorism , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism , Political Science / Religion, Politics & State , Social Science / Discrimination , Social Science / Violence in Society ,

Description:... Argentina is famous for its ties with fascism as well as its welcoming of Nazi war criminals after World War II. At mid-century, it was the home of Peronism. It was also the birthplace of the Dirty War and one of Latin America's most criminal dictatorships in the 1970s and early 1980s. How and why did all of these regimes emerge in a country that was "born liberal"? Why did these authoritarian traits first emerge in Argentina under the shadow of fascism?