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Sources for Operation Condor

Operation Condor is listed as a start-class article in the South American Military History Wikiproject, and could use a lot more information. (Main active members listed as Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay, with Columbia, Peru, and Venezuela as sporadic members, but information about Bolivia, Uruguay, and the sporadic members seems scant. Furthermore, the "legal action" section only addresses three countries, and could be expanded upon(?))

Possible sources:

• John Dinges, The Condor Years--This book regards Operation Condor, specifically the United States's influence on it. The author interviewed a large number of people, both right-wing and left-wing, to get a clearer picture about the events during Condor. Among the four countries the author lists as where he did most of his reporting are Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, so this book would be useful in adding more information about Uruguay's role in the operation.
• J. Patrice McSherry, Death Squads as Parallel Forces: Uruguay, Operation Condor, and the United States
• David Kohut, Historical Dictionary of the Dirty Wars--This book provides maps, definitions, historical timelines that would all be particularly useful in providing historical context when reading the other books.
• Marcia Esparza, State Violence and Genocide in Latin America: The Cold War Years--
• Pablo Leighton, 40 Years Are Nothing: History and Memory of the 1973 coups d'etat in Uruguay and Chile--This book provides further information about Uruguay's part in Operation Condor, and further examines life in Uruguay and Chile after the operation, which would provide more information to add into the "justice" section on the Operation Condor article.