Author Description

Exposes the nightmare of sadism, paranoia, & deception that the military dictatorship unleashed on the Argentine people, a nightmare that would claim over 30,000 lives from 1976 to 1983. Explores the perversion of language under state terrorism, both as it is used to conceal & confuse torture & murder. Thus, citizens kidnapped & held in concentration camps were disappeared,Ó & torture was referred to as intensive therapy.Ó Based on 6 years of research & extensive interviews, this book examines the full impact of this catastrophic period from its inception, in which former torturers, having been legally pardoned or never charged, live side by side with those they tortured. Black & white photos.