Fame, Fortune, and Sweet Liberty

The last section of the book attempts to explain the behavior of the individuals who chose to participate in the guerrilla movements.It provides data on the sex, age, place of origin, and occupation of the combatants, insofar as they could be ascertained.Through interviews with former members, Moyano discusses the personal and environmental factors that motivated people to join a clandestine movement, the development of a group ideology, and the impact of membership on their personal lives, both before 1973 and since, even down to the time of the research.In the final chapters, the author returns to the issue of the militarization of the guerrilla movement, a process she attributes more to intrinsic factors than external ones.She also reviews why, after 1976, rank-and-file members continued to accept orders, at risk to their lives, from leaders who enjoyed the safety of exile.Moyano has produced an important work that helps to explain a tragic period of Argentine history.It deserves to be read not only by students of contemporary Argentina but by anyone concerned with the phenomenon of political violence in Latin America or elsewhere

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