The Argentine Silent Majority
This study examines the role of the middle classes in Argentina during the long seventies (1969–1982), focusing on those sectors that remained distant from political activism. Drawing on an analysis of newspapers and magazines, some of the period’s most significant cultural productions, opinion polls, and interviews, it reconstructs how a significant portion of society experienced the years of political violence and state repression.
Los años setenta de la gente común
This book is a slightly different, abridged Spanish-language version of The Argentine Silent Majority. Both the English and Spanish editions share a common methodological innovation: the production of a documentary featuring no voice-over, relying exclusively on archival footage—COMA 13. From the Cordobazo to the Falklands (co-directed with Silvia Cancello)—which also informed the interviews that underpin the analysis. The documentary is available on the FC2 Video platform: https://video.fc2.com
Lo que no sabemos de Malvinas
For many Argentines, the Malvinas/Falklands are synonymous with the claim to sovereignty and the 1982 armed conflict with the United Kingdom. This book reconstructs the earlier history (1937–1982): the role of travelers and Argentine folk singers in forging an “emotional community” around the islands, the challenges faced by the islander community during the turbulent sixties, and the unprecedented contact between Argentines and islanders that followed the 1971 Communications Agreement.
Coups d’État in Cold War Latin America
Co-editor: Kevin Coleman. This collection of studies examines the factors that triggered coups d’état in Brazil (1964), Bolivia (1964), Peru (1968), Honduras (1972), Uruguay (1973), Chile (1973), Argentina (1976), El Salvador (1979), and Guatemala (1982). Organized around a shared set of questions, the book facilitates cross-national comparison and provides an introduction to the main forces that shaped the late Cold War in the region.
Beyond the War
Building on the research conducted for Lo que no sabemos de Malvinas, this book adds an examination of the various strands of nationalism that, throughout the twentieth century, rallied behind the Malvinas/Falklands cause in Argentina. It also addresses the strategic realignment of the British Empire after the Suez Crisis and the policy shift that London imposed on the “small territories” it chose to retain. Finally, it offers an analysis of the islands’ current situation and population, drawing on the most recent census and economic data.