Argentina's "Dirty War"Argentines ask how their ultracivilized country, reputedly the most European in Latin America, could have relapsed into near barbarism in the 1970s. This enlightening study seeks to answer that question by reviewing the underlying political events and intellectual foundations of the "dirty war" (19751978) and overlapping Military Process (19761982). It examines the ideologies and actions of the main protagoniststhe armed forces, guerrillas, and