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  • Operation Condor: The Pact That Terrorized a Continent

    by Francesca Lessa, Sebastián Santana ...
    In Operation Condor: The Pact That Terrorized a Continent, Francesca Lessa uncovers the shadowy machinery behind one of the most chilling transnational terror campaigns of the twentieth century. What began as a secret pact among South America's military dictatorships quickly grew into a coordinated system of surveillance, kidnappings, torture, and disappearances that reached across borders and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Condor Trials

    Transnational Repression and Human Rights in South America

    by Francesca Lessa ...
    Stories of transnational terror and justice illuminate the past and present of South America’s struggles for human rights.Through the voices of survivors, human rights activists, judicial actors, and experts, The Condor Trials unravels the secrets of transnational repression masterminded by South American dictators between 1969 and 1981. Under Operation Condor, the regimes of Argentina, Bolivia, ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Memory and Transitional Justice in Argentina and Uruguay

    Against Impunity

    by Francesca Lessa ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This interdisciplinary study explores the interaction between memory and transitional justice in post-dictatorship Argentina and Uruguay and develops a theoretical framework for bringing these two fields of study together through the concept of critical junctures. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Memory of State Terrorism in the Southern Cone

    Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay

    by Francesca Lessa, Vincent Druliolle ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Through various lenses and theoretical approaches, this book explores the contested experiences, meanings, realms, goals, and challenges associated with the construction, preservation, and transmission of the memories of state repression in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Amnesty in the Age of Human Rights Accountability

    Comparative and International Perspectives

    Edited by Francesca Lessa, Leigh A. Payne ...
    This edited volume brings together well-established and emerging scholars of transitional justice to discuss the persistence of amnesty in the age of human rights accountability. The volume attempts to reframe debates, moving beyond the limited approaches of 'truth versus justice' or 'stability versus accountability' in which many of these issues have been cast in the existing scholarship. The ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

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  • The Condor Years

    How Pinochet and His Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents

    by John Dinges ...
    A "compelling and shocking account" of a brutal campaign of repression in Latin America, based on interviews and previously secret documents ( The Miami Herald).Throughout the 1970s, six Latin American governments, led by Chile, formed a military alliance called Operation Condor to carry out kidnappings, torture, and political assassinations across three continents. It was an early "war on terror" ... Read more

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  • A History of the Cuban Revolution

    by Aviva Chomsky ...
    Series series Viewpoints / Puntos de Vista
    A History of the Cuban Revolution presents a concise socio-historical account of the Cuban Revolution of 1959, an event that continues to spark debate 50 years later.Balances a comprehensive overview of the political and economic events of the revolution with a look at the revolution’s social impactProvides a lively, on-the-ground look at the lives of ordinary peopleFeatures both U.S. and Cuban ... Read more

    $86.00 USD

  • We Are the Face of Oaxaca

    Testimony and Social Movements

    by Lynn Stephen ...
    A massive uprising against the Mexican state of Oaxaca began with the emergence of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) in June 2006. A coalition of more than 300 organizations, APPO disrupted the functions of Oaxaca's government for six months. It began to develop an inclusive and participatory political vision for the state. Testimonials were broadcast on radio and television ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Chicano Movement For Beginners

    by Maceo Montoya ...
    Series series For Beginners
    As the heyday of the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s to early 70s fades further into history and as more and more of its important figures pass on, so too does knowledge of its significance. Thus, Chicano Movement For Beginners is an important attempt to stave off historical amnesia. It seeks to shed light on the multifaceted civil rights struggle known as “El Movimiento” that galvanized the ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

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  • Colombia and the United States

    War, Unrest and Destabilization

    by Mario A. Murillo ...
    Series series Open Media Series
    Every year the United States spends millions of dollars to help the war-ravaged country of Colombia. But help it with what? In Colombia and the U.S. Mario Murillo explores the misdirected and devastating impact that U.S. military "aid" continues to have on the war torn-people of Colombia. Beginning with a brief history of Colombia, Murillo analyzes the complex forces driving Colombia's current ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Without Fidel

    A Death Foretold in Miami, Havana and Washington

    by Ann Louise Bardach ...
    From the award-winning reporter and go-to source on Cuban-Miami politics Ann Louise Bardach comes a riveting, eye-opening account of the last chapter in the life of Fidel Castro: his near death and marathon finale, his enemies and their fifty-year failed battle to eliminate him, and the carefully planned succession and early reign of his brother Raúl.Ann Louise Bardach offers a spellbinding ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Visions of Power in Cuba

    Revolution, Redemption, and Resistance, 1959-1971

    by Lillian Guerra ...
    Series series Envisioning Cuba
    In the tumultuous first decade of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro and other leaders saturated the media with altruistic images of themselves in a campaign to win the hearts of Cuba’s six million citizens. In Visions of Power in Cuba, Lillian Guerra argues that these visual representations explained rapidly occurring events and encouraged radical change and mutual self-sacrifice.Mass rallies and ... Read more

    $23.79 USD