OPERATIVO INDEPENDENCIA: Volume 2 -- Argentina's War Against the Guerrillas, 1975-1976

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Offers a detailed military history of the massive and effective military response ordered by the constitutional government of President Maria Estela Martinez de Peron of Argentina. Examines the operation between 1975 and 1976, including all the military and police operations in the Province of Tucuman and throughout the entire country, and details all the military and police units and aircraft deployed. In addition, the 1976 coup through which a Military Junta was established to rule the country and the beginning of the Dirty War against the subversive organizations, both in the countryside and the main cities are examined, along with the defeat of the subversive groups, and a final balance of the casualties and 'disappeared' of this conflict, along with the eventual fates of the military juntas once they left power. Contains 85 black and white photos, 15 color photos, 21 color profiles, 3 figures, 15 tables, 5 black and white maps, and 1 color map.