Challenging Authoritarianism in Mexico: Revolutionary Struggles and the Dirty War, 1964-1982
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Description
The Cold War in Latin America spawned numerous authoritarian and military regimes in response to the ostensible threat of communism in the Western Hemisphere, and with that, a rigid national security doctrine was exported to Latin America by the United States. Between 1964 and 1985, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay experienced a period of state-sponsored terrorism commonly referred to as the "dirty wars." Thousands of leftists, students, intellectuals, workers, peasants, labor leaders, and innocent civilians were harassed, arrested, tortured, raped, murdered, or 'disappeared.' Many studies have been done about this phenomenon in the other areas of Latin America, but strangely, Mexico's dirty war has been excluded from this particular scholarship. Here for the first time is a sustained look at this period and consideration of the many facets that make up the nearly two decades of the Mexican dirty war. Offering the reader a broad perspective of the period, the case studies in the book present narratives of particular armed revolutionary movements as well as thematic essays on gender, human rights, culture, student radicalism, the Cold War, and the international impact of this state-sponsored terrorism.
Keywords
Social movements -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century; Revolutionaries -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century; Guerrillas -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century; Student movements -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century; Peasant uprisings -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century; Political violence -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century; State-sponsored terrorism -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century; Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1946-1970; Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1970-1988; Partido Revolucionario Institucional -- History -- 20th century
Document Type
Book
ISBN
9780415889032
Publication Date
2012
Publisher
Routledge
City
New York City, NY
Department
Department of History
Object Description
xvi, 232 pages ; 24 cm
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Calderón, Fernando and Cedillo, Adela, "Challenging Authoritarianism in Mexico: Revolutionary Struggles and the Dirty War, 1964-1982" (2012). Faculty Book Gallery. 681.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facbook/681
