Analyzing Rosenberg's Chapter 'A Good Sailor'

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Reading Rosenberg’s thoughts in her chapter “A Good Sailor” she once again seemed to take more of a top down approach, although she studied many people her main focus was on the men who made people disappear. I believe that this provided a unique prospective of how one looks at the events that have taken place. Like she had stated in her chapter on El Salvador “The Laboratory” many journalist focus on the most obvious victim but not on the men and women of a higher social status or in this case the men committing the crimes against humanity. I believe that Rosenberg in this chapter could have explored more into the sense on duty the men in the military had. Alfredo Astiz for example was born into a military family, his father was part of

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