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With the initial support of the majority of the Argentinian population, the military regime undertook widespread kidnappings, torture, and murder — not only of the violent guerrillas of the left but also civilian supporters in the form of the unarmed leftist political activists, guerrilla sympathizers, and their lawyers and families. The war against subversion was viewed within the military's National Security Doctrine as the beginning of "World War III," which it defined as a struggle against the efforts of communism for world supremacy. In seven years as many as 30,000 Argentines were either killed or imprisoned.

With the initial support of the majority of the Argentinian population, the military regime undertook widespread kidnappings, torture, and murder — not only of the violent guerrillas of the left but also civilian supporters in the form of the unarmed leftist political activists, guerrilla sympathizers, and their lawyers and families. The war against subversion was viewed within the military's National Security Doctrine as the beginning of "World War III," which it defined as a struggle against the efforts of communism for world supremacy. In seven years as many as 30,000 Argentines were either killed or imprisoned.

Military victory was achieved after three years of open fighting and a stream of kidnappings, disappearances and imprisonments that brought a total breakdown of due process for those suspected of being connected with the guerrillas. By June 1978 the guerrillas were all but eliminated, and the military junta declared victory. By 1980 the last vestiges of the terrorist groups had died out, and the disappearances had stopped.

Military victory was achieved after three years of open fighting and a stream of kidnappings, disappearances and imprisonments that brought a total breakdown of due process for those suspected of being connected with the guerrillas. By June 1978 the guerrillas were all but eliminated, and the military junta declared victory. However, the Montoneros launched a counteroffensive in 1979 that resulted in the almost total annihilation of their returning PLO-trained Special Forces. By 1980 the last vestiges of the terrorist groups had died out, and the disappearances had stopped.

In the view of the [[National Reorganization Process]] (''Proceso de Reorganización Nacional'' or ''Proceso''), the eradication of subversion meant not only the guerrillas' activities, but also any form of left-wing activism whether found in the universities, the church, the press, the factory, or even the arts or culture. Building a new national framework required eradicating the Peronists, the left-wing trade unions, parliamentary radicals and leftist revolutionaries. To build the economy required eliminating Cultural Marxism and an industrial sector controlled by a blue-collar worker class sympathetic to the guerrilla movement.

In the view of the [[National Reorganization Process]] (''Proceso de Reorganización Nacional'' or ''Proceso''), the eradication of subversion meant not only the guerrillas' activities, but also any form of left-wing activism whether found in the universities, the church, the press, the factory, or even the arts or culture. Building a new national framework required eradicating the Peronists, the left-wing trade unions, parliamentary radicals and leftist revolutionaries. To build the economy required eliminating Cultural Marxism and an industrial sector controlled by a blue-collar worker class sympathetic to the guerrilla movement.