The Resource Behind the disappearances : Argentina's dirty war against human rights and the United Nations, Iain Guest
Behind the disappearances : Argentina's dirty war against human rights and the United Nations, Iain Guest
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- Drawing on confidential Argentinian documents and memoranda previously unavailable, Behind the Disappearances documents a seven-year diplomatic war by one of the twentieth century's most brutal regimes. It relates how, starting in 1976, Argentina's military government tried to cripple the UN's human fights machinery in an effort to prevent international condemnation of its policy of disappearances. Initially this attempt succeeded, but in 1980 -- with encouragement from the Carter administration -- UN officials regained the initiative and created a special working group on disappearances that rejuvenated the UN's efforts. This progress was abruptly halted in 1981 when the Reagan administration sided with the Argentinian regime. The result, claims the author, not only undercut the UN's actions against disappearances but also weakened its chances of playing a positive role in aiding Latin America's transition from dictatorship to democracy
- The book details the author's personal involvement in this volatile situation, when, in 1982, he discovered that some of his articles were being exploited by the Argentines as part of a campaign to discredit Theo van Boven, one of the few persons working within the UN to keep human rights on its agenda
- Behind the Disappearances is rich in personalities and anecdotes as well as solid political and legal analysis. It offers a fascinating glimpse into the internal workings of the United Nations
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 605 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812282047
- Label
- Behind the disappearances : Argentina's dirty war against human rights and the United Nations
- Title
- Behind the disappearances
- Title remainder
- Argentina's dirty war against human rights and the United Nations
- Statement of responsibility
- Iain Guest
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Drawing on confidential Argentinian documents and memoranda previously unavailable, Behind the Disappearances documents a seven-year diplomatic war by one of the twentieth century's most brutal regimes. It relates how, starting in 1976, Argentina's military government tried to cripple the UN's human fights machinery in an effort to prevent international condemnation of its policy of disappearances. Initially this attempt succeeded, but in 1980 -- with encouragement from the Carter administration -- UN officials regained the initiative and created a special working group on disappearances that rejuvenated the UN's efforts. This progress was abruptly halted in 1981 when the Reagan administration sided with the Argentinian regime. The result, claims the author, not only undercut the UN's actions against disappearances but also weakened its chances of playing a positive role in aiding Latin America's transition from dictatorship to democracy
- The book details the author's personal involvement in this volatile situation, when, in 1982, he discovered that some of his articles were being exploited by the Argentines as part of a campaign to discredit Theo van Boven, one of the few persons working within the UN to keep human rights on its agenda
- Behind the Disappearances is rich in personalities and anecdotes as well as solid political and legal analysis. It offers a fascinating glimpse into the internal workings of the United Nations
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Guest, Iain
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JC599.A7
- LC item number
- G84 1990
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Pennsylvania studies in human rights
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United Nations
- Human rights
- Political persecution
- Disappeared persons
- United States
- Argentina
- Label
- Behind the disappearances : Argentina's dirty war against human rights and the United Nations, Iain Guest
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [449]-577) and index
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- volume
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- Content category
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- Content type MARC source
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- Control code
- 21447405
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 605 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812282047
- Lccn
- 90-35689
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- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- Behind the disappearances : Argentina's dirty war against human rights and the United Nations, Iain Guest
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [449]-577) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21447405
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 605 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812282047
- Lccn
- 90-35689
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- unmediated
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