I need a few (2-5) articles which will give me a good undertanding of
what happened in Argentina between 1970 and 1985.  I need basic
cultural and political history for this time period.

Hello.

I've located a number of articles that contain information on this
subject:

"Argentina 1972-1983," hosted by zum.de:
http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/samerica/argentina19721983.html

"History Argentina," hosted by worldrover.com
http://www.worldrover.com/history/argentina_history.html

"Timeline: Argentina," hosted by the BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1196005.stm

"Peronism Followed by the Dirty War," hosted by colorado.edu
http://csf.colorado.edu/debt/argentina/peronism_and_the_dirty_war.html

"State Repression and Violence in Argentina," hosted by bigchalk.com
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/wa/HWCDA/file?fileid=204779&flt=High_School&pathTitles=/The_Dirty_War/Violence_Repression/The_Dirty_War_1976-83&version=2&tg=Regional

Infoplease.com: Argentina
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107288.html

"Encarta: Argentina"
(information about 1970-85 is toward the bottom of the page)
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761556250&pn=5

As indicated in some of the articles above, Argentina's "Dirty War"
was a significant part of the country's history in the 1970s and early
'80s. For more information, see: Project Disappeared - Argentina
http://www.desaparecidos.org/arg/eng.html

"Argentina remembers Dirty War," hosted by BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1240921.stm

"Argentina felt U.S. supported `dirty war'", hosted by the Miami
Herald
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/americas/3912085.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp


As indicated in some of the articles above, the 1982 Falklands War was
an important event in the political history of Argentina during this
time.  For specific information about this subject, see: Bigchalk.com
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/wa/HWCDA/file?fileid=79872&flt=High_School&pathTitles=/Postwar_History/Falkland_War/Falkland_Islands_Conflict_(1982)_History_Map_Chronology_Various_Resources&version=2&tg=Regional


search terms: 
argentina, history, "dirty war", falklands

I hope this helps.

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Request for Answer Clarification by solar12123-ga on 04 May 2003 13:28 PDT

Great answer but how about somthing more in terms of culture?

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 04 May 2003 14:17 PDT

Okay,

Argentina Culture
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/south_america/argentina/culture.htm

Education and Culture of Argentina
http://www.latinosstep.com/CULTURA/argentina/education.html

Argentina: "ART AND LITERATURE"
http://www.argentour.com/gente/art.html

Interview with Luisa Valenzuela (Argentine writer), cached by Google
http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:BNfPJWAcptUC:alcor.concordia.ca/~matrix/excerpt3.html+%22argentine+writers%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet

History of Tango
"But when the Péron family left office, military rule fell over the
country again and the tango’s popularity ended. The country’s national
pastime was outlawed, and despite some tango music developments in the
1950s, tango virtually disappeared in Argentina until the late 1970s.
But when the milongueros of the 1930s and 1940s started reaching their
golden years, they realized that the dance could possibly go extinct
if they did not pass it on. Places to dance the tango started
reemerging, with dancers from the previous generation, as well as
their protegés, building upon the steps of their forerunners"
http://influx.uoregon.edu/1999/tango/sidebar.html

Tango
http://www.travelsur.net/tangomusic.htm

Astor Piazzolla
" In the 70s he was forced to leave Argentina for Paris, because of
the volatile political climate, but his influence continued to spread.
"
http://www.musicolog.com/piazzolla.asp

Sports: 1978 World Cup
http://www.travelnotes.org/1800/Worldcup/Argentina_78.htm