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David Kohut is associate librarian at Saint Xavier University. He is coauthor of Women Authors of Modern Hispanic South America: A Bibliography of Literary Criticism and Interpretation (Scarecrow Press, 1989). He is a member of Amnesty International. Olga Vilella is associate professor at Saint Xavier University. She also directs their Latino/Latin American Studies Program. She is a member of Amnesty International.
This second edition of Historical Dictionary of "The Dirty Wars" focuses on the period 1954-1990 in South America, when authoritarian regimes waged war on subversion, both real and imagined. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on the countries; guerrilla and political movements; prominent guerrilla, human-rights, military, and political figures; local, regional, and international human-rights organizations; and artistic figures (filmmakers, novelists, and playwrights) whose works attempt to represent or resist the period of repression.