CHAPTER 2. CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING ARGENTINA'S DIRTY WAR : CHAPTER EXERCISES -- 1. The Argentine Government Believed it Enjoyed American Support (Citing official documents, two scholars note that the US secretary of state in 1976, Henry Kissinger, appeared to approve of the Argentine government targeting left-wing dissidents.) / Martin Edwin Anderson and John Dinges -- 2. An American Government Official Protested Strongly Against Alleged Human Rights Violations in Argentina (Patricia Derian, an assistant US secretary of state under President Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s, continued to speak out against alleged Argentine actions even after leaving office.) / David Beard -- 3. Victims of Argentina's "Dirty War" of the Late 1970s Blast Pope's "Deadly Silence" (Jorge Bergoglio, a powerful official of the Roman Catholic Church in Argentina in the 1970s, became Pope Francis I, the global head of the Church, in March 2013. Some of the surviving victims questioned his actions during the Dirty War, as two journalists report.) / Isabel Vincent and Melissa Klein -- 4. The Pope is Not Guilty of Any Involvement in Argentina's Dirty War (A journalist reports on the Roman Catholic Church's official statement rejecting the claim that Pope Francis bears any guilt from the days of the Dirty War and comments on the larger controversy.) / Nicole Winfield -- 5. Priest Details Arrest During Argentine Dirty War but Doesn't Comment on Pope Francis' Role (A reporter documents the memories of several Argentines with an interest in the actions of the Argentine cardinal named as Pope in 2013, including a priest who was victimized by the regime.) / Daniel Politi -- 6. Trials to Reveal Argentine Ghosts (A journalist suggests that Argentina's transition to a democratic government in the 1980s, and the trials of some generals, might help the nation heal its recent wounds, even if other alleged perpetrators are not prosecuted.) / Oakland Ross -- 7. By the Mid-1980s Many Argentines Seemed Willing to Forget their Recent Past (In the 1980s, as a specialist notes, Argentina's military government was replaced by a democratic one, and many ordinary people hoped to forget the country's recent past.) / Elizabeth Fox -- 8. Violent, State-sponsored Persecution May Have Continued Long After the Dirty War was Over (A journalist notes that a number of Argentine officials continued to die under suspicious circumstances into the 1990s.) / Diana Cariboni -- CHAPTER 3. PERSONAL NARRATIVES : CHAPTER EXERCISES -- 1. A Childhood During Argentina's Years of Terror (A British reporter helps Laura Alcoba, who was seven years old when Argentina's military leaders took over in 1976, tell her story of fear and oppression.) / Angelique Chrisafis -- 2. An American in Buenos Aires Tells of Imprisonment and Torture (In a recently declassified US government document, an American activist in Argentina during the rise of the military junta tells an investigator of her arrest for distributing political pamphlets.) / Anonymous -- 3. Argentine Tells of Dumping "Dirty War" Captives into Sea (Some of the victims of Argentina's Dirty War were simply thrown out of airplanes, a former officer reports.) / Calvin Sims -- 4. A Journalist Refuses to Forgive Those He Claims Persecuted His Father (An Argentine reporter, who was twenty-two years old when his outspoken father was arrested in 1977, reports on his refusal to speak at a 2002 event held by the nation's military, citing his Jewish tradition and alleging not only continued injustices but also Nazi connections.) / Hector Timerman -- 5. A "Dirty War Baby" Finds Out the Truth (Having reached adulthood, a young woman is surprised to discover not only that her biological parents were "disappeared" during the Dirty War, but that her adoptive father was involved in torture.) / Mei-Ling Hopgood.