''Guerrillas and Generals'' is a book written by American

Paul H. Lewis Paul H. Lewis is professor emeritus and former Chair of Political Science at Tulane University. Lewis received his BA from the University of Florida and PhD from UNC Chapel Hill. In 1991, he helped organize the Louisiana chapter of the National Asso ...

. Its subject is the history of

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from the 1970s to some years ago. It talks about the

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in Argentina and the trials of

Jorge Rafael Videla Jorge Rafael Videla (; ; 2 August 1925 – 17 May 2013) was an Argentine military officer and dictator, Commander in Chief of the Army, member of the Military Junta, and ''de facto'' President of Argentina from 29 March 1976 to 29 March 1981. H ...

and other military rulers of Argentina.

Reception

Donald C. Hodges of

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, reviewing the book in ''

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'', claims that Lewis holds a bias against the guerrillas. He notes, however, that except for the omission of Abraham Guillén the book is a "well documented study". Ruth Stanley of the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

, in a review of the book for the ''Journal of Third World Studies'', claims that Lewis "appears to believe that ''guerrilleros'' who were tortured and disappeared got what they deserved". The review concludes by opining that

References

History books about Argentina 2002 non-fiction books Dirty War {{Argentina-hist-stub