The Malvinas Executions
(Im)plausible Memories of a Clean War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4500538 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rosana Guber (0000-0002-0469-8982, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas and chair of the Centro de Antropología Social of the Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social in Buenos Aires and an expert member of the Malvinas Parliamentary Observatory, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 119-132 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x08321964 |
| OpenAlex | W2056172658 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
In a 1991 book translated into Spanish in 1992, the British paratrooper Vincent Bramley denounced various crimes perpetrated by the Royal Task Force against Argentine prisoners during the Malvinas War of 1982. However, his account became an (im)plausible path toward Argentines' historicization of this international conflict. The democratic government of Carlos S. Menem and the Argentine military command (including members who had participated in the campaign) rejected these charges while war veterans and victims of British crimes added to them or kept silent. There is a striking resemblance between these reactions and Argentine responses to the crimes against humanity committed during the last military dictatorship (1976-1983) variously labeled as the "antisubversive war," the "Dirty War," and "state terrorism
Cold war · Crimes against humanity · Criminology · Democracy · Dictatorship · Economic history · Government (linguistics) · Humanity · International law · Political science · Politics · Prisoners of war · Sociology · State (computer science) · Terrorism · War crime · World War II · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Latin American Literature Studies · Law · Philosophy · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2019 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |