Hostile Intent: U.S. Covert Operations in Chile, 1964-1974

Hostile Intent: U.S. Covert Operations in Chile, 1964-1974

Kristian Gustafsonâ€™s Hostile Intent reexamines one of the most controversial chapters in U.S. intelligence history, the Central Intelligence Agencyâ€™s covert operations in Chile from 1964 to 1974. At the request of successive U.S. presidents, the CIA in conjunction with the State Department and the Defense Intelligence Agency first acted to prevent Chilean socialist Salvador Allende from becoming the democratically elected president of his country and then tried to undermine his government once he was in office. Allendeâ€™s government eventually fell in a bloody military coup on September 11, 1973. President Richard Nixonâ€™s administration and corporate interests were not sorry to see him go, but did U.S. covert operations actually play a decisive role in Allendeâ€™s downfall? The declassification of thousands of U.S. government documents over the last several years demands that historians take a new look.

Since 1973, most observers have maintained that U.S. machinations were responsible for the success of Gen. Augusto Pinochetâ€™s coup that forced Allendeâ€™s fall and suicide. This assessment has been based on a thin documentary record of U.S. activity, the myth of an all-powerful CIA, and the CIAâ€™s checkered history of covert action in Latin America. However, Gustafson convincingly shows the conventional wisdom about the impact of U.S. actions is badly flawed. His meticulous research is based upon an intensive examination of previously unavailable U.S. records as well as interviews with key figures. Hostile Intent is the most comprehensive account to date of U.S. involvement in Chile, and its provocative reinterpretation of this involvement will shape all future debates.
Country USA
Manufacturer Potomac Books Inc.
Binding Hardcover
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Country	USA
Manufacturer	Potomac Books Inc.
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	new-20170302-c0029563
UnitCount	1
Format	Bargain Price
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Hostile Intent: U.S. Covert Operations in Chile, 1964-1974

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