Confessions Of An Argentine Dirty Warrior: A Firsthand Account Of Atrocity

by Horacio Verbitsky

Overview

Retired navy officer Adolfo Scilingo was the first man ever to break the Argentine military's pact of silence, stunning his compatriots and the world by openly confessing his participation in the hideous practice of pushing live political dissidents out of airplanes during Argentina's dirty war.

Available for the first time in paperback, with a new introduction by Judge Gabriel Cavallo on the upcoming military trials and a new epilogue by the author, Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior includes the complete text of Scilingo's confession in the form of interviews given to Argentina's best-known investigative journalist, Horacio Verbitsky, along with an afterword by Juan Méndez, putting these events in the context of the dirty war.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565849853
Publisher:	New Press, The
Publication date:	07/01/2005
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	215
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x (d)

About the Author

Horacio Verbitsky is Argentina's leading investigative journalist, winner of the 1995 Latin American Studies Association Media Award, and author of a dozen books. He also presides over Argentina's main human rights organization, the Center for Legal and Social Studies. He lives in Buenos Aires.