East Tennessee State University Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations Student Works 12-2005 From Condemnation to Conformity: Carter and Reagan's Foreign Policy towards the Argentine Junta, 1977-1982. William Houston Gilbert East Tennessee State University Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.etsu.edu/etd Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Gilbert, William Houston, "From Condemnation to Conformity: Carter and Reagan's Foreign Policy towards the Argentine Junta, 1977-1982." (2005). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1093. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1093 This Thesis - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Works at Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. From Condemnation to Conformity: Carter and Reagan’s Foreign Policy towards the Argentine Junta, 1977-1982 A thesis presented to the faculty of the Department of History East Tennessee State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Arts in History by William Houston Gilbert December 2005 Dr. Melvin E. Page, Chair Dr. Henry Antkiewicz Dr. Kenneth Mijeski Keywords: Argentina, dirty war, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, foreign relations ABSTRACT From Condemnation to Conformity: Carter and Reagan’s Foreign Policy towards the Argentine Junta, 1977-1982 by William Houston Gilbert This study examines how the administrations of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan responded to the widespread human rights abuses committed by the Argentine military during the country’s Dirty War between 1977 and 1982.