Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Toward a History of the Memory of Political Violence and the Disappeared in Argentina

Chapter 3 “As an Unhealed Wound”: Memory and Justice in Post-Dictatorship Uruguay

Chapter 5 The Skirmish of Memories and Political Violence in Dictatorial Brazil

Chapter 6 The Legacy of Authoritarianism and the Construction of Historical Memory in Post-Stroessner Paraguay

Chapter 7 The Truth Ten Years On: The CVR in Peru

Chapter 8 “From Conspiracy to Struggle for Democracy : A Historicization of the Political Memories of the Mexican ’68”

Chapter 9 The Commissions for the Study of Violence in Colombia: An Analysis of the Official Devices and Narratives of the Past and Present of Violence

Chapter 10 The Limits of Peace in the Case of El Salvador: Memories in Conflict and Permanent Victims

Chapter 11 The Naturalization of Peace and War: The Hegemonic Discourses on the Political Violence in Guatemala

Chapter 12 “It Is Not a Part of American History That We Are Proud of.” Declassification Projects in the United States (1993–2002)