 | God''s Assassins: State Terrorism in Argentina in the 1970s Subjects: Political violence -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century; Disappeared persons -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century; Terrorism -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century; Argentina -- Politics and government -- 1955–1983; Between 1976 and 1983 an estimated 30,000 Argentines "disappeared" under the military junta. Most were imprisoned and tortured before being murdered by the military. In the two years preceding 1976, another 2,000 were assassinated by paramilitary death squads loosely organized by the Argentine government of Isabel Perón. Marchak Patricia : Patricia Marchak, former dean of arts and professor emerita, University of British Columbia, is the author of several books including Logging the Globe, The Integrated Circus, God's Assassins, and Reigns of Terror. |
