ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book describes french sub-imperialist motives very obviously shaped patterns of criminal behavior, both before and during the Argentine Dirty War. It presents the movement of the Madres y Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo succeeded in mobilising opposition to the Argentine military regime in Argentina and in France. The book also provides evidence that, by sharing allegations own savoir-faire in the art of turning ordinary soldiers into official torturers, the French prepared the ground for the institutionalisation of torture that would be implemented between 1976 and 1983 in Argentina. It explains the intricacies of the complicity of the 'transnational institutional torturer' in acts of torture for political and ideological advantages. The cooperation between France and Argentina provided a relevant case study in which to probe the transnational institutionalisation of torture.
