God's Assassins: State Terrorism in Argentina in the 1970s

Published in 1999 by McGill-Queen's University Press, this academic work was written by M. Patricia Marchak to analyze the systematic human rights abuses committed under the military junta in Argentina during the 1970s. The text emerged from a necessity to document the mechanisms of state-sponsored terror, specifically investigating the ideology and administrative processes that enabled the 'Dirty War' and the subsequent disappearance of thousands of citizens.

Marchak, a sociologist, designed this volume to bridge the gap between abstract political theory and the grounded reality of authoritarian rule. The book utilizes declassified documents and survivor testimonies to construct its narrative, aiming to provide a rigorous sociological framework for understanding how state apparatuses turn against their own populations. It was received as a significant contribution to Latin American studies, noted for its meticulous research into the bureaucratic nature of state violence.