Abstract

CONFINO, Hernán Eduardo. RECRUITING AND TRAINING FOR THE COUNTER-OFFENSIVE (1978-1980). REFLECTIONS ON POLITICS AND VIOLENCE ON THE LAST YEARS OF MONTONEROS. Folia [online]. 2019, n.36, pp.133-160. ISSN 0325-8238.  http://dx.doi.org/10.30972/fhn.0364047.

This article traces the recruiting and training process carried out by Montoneros to develop its Counter-Offensive. Hence, it provides a wider view on the relationship between politics and violence during the last years of the organization. For this purpose, testimonies, party documents from Montoneros and intelligence briefs produced by the dictatorship are analyzed. The aim is to study the political meanings that stem from the mode of admission and the type of training of militants to which the organization gave priority. As a disciplinary and homogenizing device, training went far beyond military practice. In this light, the dichotomy between politics and violence, which many studies have privileged while looking at the trajectory of Montoneros, is here considered unproductive.

Keywords : Montoneros; Strategic Counteroffensive; Politics; Violenc.

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