Argentine Foreign Policy during the Military Dictatorship, 1976–1983

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-17

3. Ideological Identification of the Argentine Armed Forces Under the Military Rule

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   Pages 19-43

4. Mechanisms and Determinants of Argentine Foreign Policy Under the Military Rule

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   Pages 45-75

5. Diplomacy on the Multilateral Level: Human Rights and the Atomic Program

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   Pages 77-104

6. The Beagle Channel Territorial Dispute with Chile

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   Pages 105-126

7. Covert Military Operations: The Case of Central America

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   Pages 127-150

8. The Falklands Dispute and the Argentine–British War

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   Pages 151-174

9. Final Remarks: Ideologization of Argentine Foreign Policy Under the Military Rule

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   Pages 175-188

10. Back Matter

    Pages 189-197

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This book examines Argentine foreign policy under the military dictatorship from 1976–1983, also known as the National Reorganization Process. It brings together case studies on the most distinctive decisions and key issues in the regime’s foreign relations, including the international response to human rights violations, the dispute with Chile over the Beagle Channel, covert operations in Central America, the Argentine nuclear program, and the Falklands War. Lisińska examines the influence of ideological factors on foreign policy decisions, highlighting the relationship between the nationalism shaping the military’s policy goals and its pragmatic approach to achieving them.

• military dictatorship in Argentina
• Argentine foreign policy
• Argentine Armed Forces
• pragmatic nationalism
• the Beagle conflict
• Argentine-American cooperation
• Argentine-British war
• idealogisation of foreign policy
• nationalist idealogies
• Argentina declassification project
• Falklands War
• Sandinista revolution
• Argentine nuclear program
• nuclear non-proliferation
• latin american politics

• Institute of Political Science and International Relations, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

  Magdalena Lisińska

Magdalena Lisińska is Assistant Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations of the Jagiellonian University in Poland. Her research focuses on Argentine politics and history, United States–Latin American relations, and security challenges in Latin America.

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