From Campo de Mayo to Malvinas, and Back
The Falklands/Malvinas War from the Perspective of Argentine Veterans Accused of Crimes Against Humanity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12914707 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eleonora Natale (King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 309-327 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of War and Culture Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-6272 • E-ISSN: 1752-6280 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17526272.2022.2078541 |
| OpenAlex | W4283689890 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
Four decades after the Falklands/Malvinas War and Argentina’s return to democracy, this article explores the ways in which veterans accused of crimes against humanity remember the conflict. Before confronting the British in the South Atlantic in 1982, the Argentine military had been involved in operations of counterinsurgency and illegal repression at home. Since 2005, hundreds of former officers — including veterans of the Malvinas War — have been accused and convicted for the crimes of the 1970s. This article focuses on the narrative of ‘Malvinas’ shared by former comandos (special forces) in the prison where they are detained in the present. It questions the content of ethnographic interviews with these veterans, and the context in which they were produced, to revisit the link between the violence of the 1970s and the Malvinas War from the perspective of the military involved in both scenarios. In so doing, the article deals with some unsolved issues of memorialization in post-war and post-authoritarian Argentina
Context (archaeology · Crimes against humanity · Criminology · Democracy · Genocide · Humanity · International law · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Prison · Sociology · The Holocaust · War crime · History · Law · Memory, violence, and history · Military History and Strategy · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America
The Combat Soldier
Ethnographic Interviewing
Combat Motivation, Fear and Terror in Twentieth-century Argentinian Warfare
Attempting to deal with the past
Going back to school
A History of Argentina in the Twentieth Century
Politics and Identity in the Argentine Army
The Perception of the Environment
Military Identities in the Situated Accounts of British Military Personnel
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |