Authoritarian Argentina The Nationalist Movement, Its History and Its Impact [Paperback]

David Rock has written the first comprehensive study of nationalism in Argentina, a fundamentalist movement pledged to violence and a dictatorship that came to a head with the notorious disappearances of the 1970s. This radical, right wing movement has had a profound impact on twentieth-century Argentina, leaving its mark on almost all aspects of Argentine lifeart and literature, journalism, education, the church, and of course, politics.

David Rockis Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is author ofPolitics in Argentina, 1690-1930: The Rise and Fall of Radicalism(1975) andArgentina 1516-1987: From Spanish Colonization to Alfons?n(California, 1987).

The most comprehensive treatment of the subject yet available. It will interest both Argentine specialists and those concerned with the evolution of conservative ideologies and movements throughout Latin America. Richard J. Walter, Washington University