Intimate Enemies: Violence and Reconciliation in Peru by Kimberly Theidon (review)
these messages were received by ordinary Argentines; ironically, he is stronger in the presentation of international interpretations, which were at best mixed. For example, the early and continuous role of lawyers' associations opposing the dictatorship suggests that at least one sector of the Argentine bourgeoisie did not buy the military line. Sheinin also understates the ambiguity of Peronism vis-a-vis human rights, and the complex history of human rights abuse and resistance under prior military regimes. The Proceso, uniquely penetrating and modernizing, was nonetheless rooted in prior trends, which also influenced initial civic interpretations.