Argentina's lost patrol : armed struggle, 1969-1979 / María José Moyano.

1. The Lost Patrol -- 2. Politics in Argentina after 1955 and the Development of the Guerrilla Movement -- 3. Armed Struggle -- 4. Collective Violent Protest -- 5. Right-Wing Violence -- 6. Patterns of Violence Compared -- 7. Guerrilla Lives -- 8. Ideological and Organizational Somersaults -- 9. The Lost Patrol Revisited.

Argentine guerrillas began fighting against the country's military government in 1969. After four years, in large part because of guerrilla activity, the military decided to call elections and the country returned to constitutional rule. The guerrillas continued their struggle, however, and were partly responsible for the breakdown of democracy in 1976 and the establishment of a highly repressive military regime whose "dirty war" eventually destroyed them.

This book is the first comprehensive study in English of Argentina's guerrilla groups - the driving force behind so many political developments in the country over the past twenty-five years.