Programme

After providing a general framework, some particular cases will be analysed in detail, useful to bring to light the links between national security and repression. The following topics were addressed during the seminar: the “internal enemy”; the 1960s between crisis and revolution; Kissinger, the United States and the coup d’état in Chile; the dictatorships in the Southern Cone; the Condor Plan and transnational terrorism; the Reagan administration and Central America; the cultural Cold War.

Core Documentation

Reference Texts:

- Armony Ariel, Producing and Exporting State Terror. The Case of Argentina, in Cecilia Menjivar, and Néstor Rodríguez (eds.), When States Kill: Latin America, the U.S., and Technologies of Terror, University of Texas Press, Austin 2005, pp. 305-331
- Calamai Enrico, Niente asilo politico. Diplomazia, diritti umani e desaparecidos, Feltrinelli, Milano 2003
- Calandra Benedetta, La guerra fredda culturale, Ombre Corte, Roma 2011
- Cricco Massimiliano, Guasconi Maria Eleonora, Napolitano Matteo Luigi (eds.), L’America Latina tra guerra fredda e globalizzazione, Edizioni Polistampa, 2010
- Kornbluh Peter, The Pinochet File. A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability, New York, The New Press, 2003
- Immerman Richard, Guatemala as Cold War History, “Political Science Quaterly”, 95:4, 1980-1981, pp. 629-653
- Nocera Raffaele, Stati Uniti e America Latina dal 1823 a oggi, Carocci, Roma 2005
- Nunca mas: Rapporto della commissione nazionale sulla scomparsa di persone in Argentina, Emi, 1986
- Schoultz Lars, Human Rights and Usa Policy Toward Latin America, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 1981
- Stabili Maria Rosaria, Le verità ufficiali, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2010
- Zanchetta Barbara, Between Cold War Imperatives and State Sponsored Terrorism: The United States and “Operation Condor”, “Studies in Conflict & Terrorism”, 39:12, 2016, pp. 1084-1102

Type of delivery of the course

Lectures and classroom discussions on individual topics. Videos and short documentaries will be screened and some tools available on the net (interactive maps, online reports, digital archives, etc.) will be illustrated.

Attendance

Attendance at the seminar is mandatory. At the beginning of each meeting the signatures of those present will be collected. To obtain the credits it is possible to total a maximum of 4 hours of absence.

Type of evaluation

Final paper on a theme chosen by the student of up to 15,000 characters, including spaces and notes.

Programme

After providing a general framework, some particular cases will be analysed in detail, useful to bring to light the links between national security and repression. The following topics were addressed during the seminar: the “internal enemy”; the 1960s between crisis and revolution; Kissinger, the United States and the coup d’état in Chile; the dictatorships in the Southern Cone; the Condor Plan and transnational terrorism; the Reagan administration and Central America; the cultural Cold War.

Core Documentation

Reference Texts:

- Armony Ariel, Producing and Exporting State Terror. The Case of Argentina, in Cecilia Menjivar, and Néstor Rodríguez (eds.), When States Kill: Latin America, the U.S., and Technologies of Terror, University of Texas Press, Austin 2005, pp. 305-331
- Calamai Enrico, Niente asilo politico. Diplomazia, diritti umani e desaparecidos, Feltrinelli, Milano 2003
- Calandra Benedetta, La guerra fredda culturale, Ombre Corte, Roma 2011
- Cricco Massimiliano, Guasconi Maria Eleonora, Napolitano Matteo Luigi (eds.), L’America Latina tra guerra fredda e globalizzazione, Edizioni Polistampa, 2010
- Kornbluh Peter, The Pinochet File. A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability, New York, The New Press, 2003
- Immerman Richard, Guatemala as Cold War History, “Political Science Quaterly”, 95:4, 1980-1981, pp. 629-653
- Nocera Raffaele, Stati Uniti e America Latina dal 1823 a oggi, Carocci, Roma 2005
- Nunca mas: Rapporto della commissione nazionale sulla scomparsa di persone in Argentina, Emi, 1986
- Schoultz Lars, Human Rights and Usa Policy Toward Latin America, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 1981
- Stabili Maria Rosaria, Le verità ufficiali, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2010
- Zanchetta Barbara, Between Cold War Imperatives and State Sponsored Terrorism: The United States and “Operation Condor”, “Studies in Conflict & Terrorism”, 39:12, 2016, pp. 1084-1102

Type of delivery of the course

Lectures and classroom discussions on individual topics. Videos and short documentaries will be screened and some tools available on the net (interactive maps, online reports, digital archives, etc.) will be illustrated.

Attendance

Attendance at the seminar is mandatory. At the beginning of each meeting the signatures of those present will be collected. To obtain the credits it is possible to total a maximum of 4 hours of absence.

Type of evaluation

Final paper on a theme chosen by the student of up to 15,000 characters, including spaces and notes.

Programme

After providing a general framework, some particular cases will be analysed in detail, useful to bring to light the links between national security and repression. The following topics were addressed during the seminar: the “internal enemy”; the 1960s between crisis and revolution; Kissinger, the United States and the coup d’état in Chile; the dictatorships in the Southern Cone; the Condor Plan and transnational terrorism; the Reagan administration and Central America; the cultural Cold War.

Core Documentation

Reference Texts:

- Armony Ariel, Producing and Exporting State Terror. The Case of Argentina, in Cecilia Menjivar, and Néstor Rodríguez (eds.), When States Kill: Latin America, the U.S., and Technologies of Terror, University of Texas Press, Austin 2005, pp. 305-331
- Calamai Enrico, Niente asilo politico. Diplomazia, diritti umani e desaparecidos, Feltrinelli, Milano 2003
- Calandra Benedetta, La guerra fredda culturale, Ombre Corte, Roma 2011
- Cricco Massimiliano, Guasconi Maria Eleonora, Napolitano Matteo Luigi (eds.), L’America Latina tra guerra fredda e globalizzazione, Edizioni Polistampa, 2010
- Kornbluh Peter, The Pinochet File. A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability, New York, The New Press, 2003
- Immerman Richard, Guatemala as Cold War History, “Political Science Quaterly”, 95:4, 1980-1981, pp. 629-653
- Nocera Raffaele, Stati Uniti e America Latina dal 1823 a oggi, Carocci, Roma 2005
- Nunca mas: Rapporto della commissione nazionale sulla scomparsa di persone in Argentina, Emi, 1986
- Schoultz Lars, Human Rights and Usa Policy Toward Latin America, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 1981
- Stabili Maria Rosaria, Le verità ufficiali, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2010
- Zanchetta Barbara, Between Cold War Imperatives and State Sponsored Terrorism: The United States and “Operation Condor”, “Studies in Conflict & Terrorism”, 39:12, 2016, pp. 1084-1102

Type of delivery of the course

Lectures and classroom discussions on individual topics. Videos and short documentaries will be screened and some tools available on the net (interactive maps, online reports, digital archives, etc.) will be illustrated.

Attendance

Attendance at the seminar is mandatory. At the beginning of each meeting the signatures of those present will be collected. To obtain the credits it is possible to total a maximum of 4 hours of absence.

Type of evaluation

Final paper on a theme chosen by the student of up to 15,000 characters, including spaces and notes.