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Article: Argentina, the United States, and the Anti-Communist Crusade in Central America: 1977-1984.(Review)
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- American Political Science Review
- Article date:
- June 1, 1999
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By Ariel C. Armony. Athens: Center for International Studies, Ohio University, 1997. 301p. $26.00 paper.
Deborah L. Norden, University of California, Riverside
Few observers of Central America would perceive the prolonged war between Nicaragua's Sandinistas and the counterrevolutionary "Contras" as a purely domestic conflict. Yet, most have considered the United States to be the primary extraterritorial protagonist. In Argentina, the United States, and the Anti-Communist Crusade in Central America, Ariel Armony convincingly argues that the Argentine military played a similarly important role - funding, supplying, training, and organizing Contra forces. ...