OPERATIVO INDEPENDENCIA: Volume 1 -- Armed Insurgency in Argentina 1955-1974

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Covers the lengthy background of Operation Independence between 1955 and 1974, with a brief description of all subversive guerrilla groups, the Argentine Security Forces organization, and the ERP and Montoneros organizations. Covers the long period that began after the overthrow of the government of Peron in 1955 until 1974, the year before the launch of Operativo Independencia. All the subversive groups that appeared in that period, their prominent leaders and actions are covered. Of all of them, only two would be protagonists of the most violent crimes in the mid-1970s in Argentina, the People's Revolutionary Army (ERP) and the Montoneros, whose organization is detailed in this volume. Contains 122 photos, 3 maps, 15 aircraft profiles.