Cold War

Francesca Lessa and Sebastián Santana walk readers through the tangled transnational web of Operation Condor and the abuses it facilitated.

New charges against one of the Pinochet dictatorship’s most prominent human rights abusers come as the country shifts markedly to the right, casting historical memory in doubt.

Katia Chornik's book details how music was used as a form of torture and resistance during the Pinochet dictatorship.

Minou Tavárez Mirabal’s 2022 book sheds light on the complex lives of her parents, two Dominican revolutionaries who were assassinated for their political activism.

Cosse centers the role of love in her study of armed leftist movements in Argentina, unearthing how gender, sexuality, and subjectivity shaped political uprising—and its defeat.

Alan McPherson’s book treats the Iran-Contra affair as a turning point in U.S. history, one which normalized the erosion of key democratic principles and helped birth our current (dis)order.

A state-backed film detailing the 1981 massacre at El Mozote raises thorny questions about the country’s civil war as the victims continue fighting for justice.

Karen Robert's book unearths how a deadly collaboration between the Argentine dictatorship and the Ford Motor Company stifled worker dissent.

Rom’s book is an archivally rich account of how Jewish individuals and institutions grappled with rapidly shifting politics—and state violence—before, during, and after the Cold War.

Burns's book brings South American history to the fore, explaining the regional dynamics and economic turmoil that led to Salvador Allende’s downfall and the beginnings of Operation Condor.

Arturo Taracena’s deep dive into the Guatemalan guerrilla group and its leader, informed by personal experience and decades of research, is social history at its finest.

The recent biography chronicles the dynamic life and career of Chilean folklorista Violeta Parra.