Date of Award
Spring 2008
Document Type
Restricted Thesis
Terms of Use
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Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History Department
First Advisor
Marjorie Murphy
Abstract
Brunkard argues that Ambassador Robert C. Hill of the U.S. embassy in Buenos Aires withheld information from the U.S. government in 1976 to prevent U.S. intervention in the brutality of Argentina’s military dictatorship. In this thesis, he focuses on embassy reports in Buenos Aires rather than on the foreign policy debates in Washington D.C. This thesis traces the events leading up to Hill’s arrival in Buenos Aires and the embassy’s inaction through the violence under Isabel Martinez de Peron, then examines Hill’s complicity in the dictators’ brutality and its consequences.
Recommended Citation
Brunkard, Jacob O. , '08, "The Accommodating Ambassador: A History of the U.S. Embassy's Facilitation of State Violence and Mass Atrocity in Argentina, 1974-1976" (2008). Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards. 627.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/theses/627