The Nixon Administration and the Death of Allende's Chile: A

The Nixon Administration and the Death of Allende's Chile: A Case of Assisted Suicide
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In this revealing history of Allendeâ€™s Chile, Jonathan Haslam uncovers the actual involvement of Cuba, the Soviet Union, and the CIA in that countryâ€™s struggle for political and economic stability. The story begins by tracing the trajectory of the communist and socialist parties from the pre-war period through to the dramatic election of Salvador Allende as president of Chile in 1970, in a country long accustomed to political democracy but divided by great inequality of income. It weaves in an account of a new force linked to Castroâ€™s Cuba, and elucidates the longstanding politicization of the Chilean armed forces through mere talk of action in the early 1960s to the attempted coup dâ€™etat of 1969 and the coup of 1973. It highlights the personal profile of Allende and his close ties to Cuba, and shows Soviet indifference to the fate of the regime during a period of emerging detente with the United States, which meant enduring isolation for this precarious socialist experiment.

In this tragic tale of assisted suicide, The Nixon Administration and the Death of Allendeâ€™s Chile underlines the chronic mismanagement of the economy in the drive to socialism on the back of a minority franchise. It deepens our understanding of close US involvement in attempts to block the formation of the Unidad Popular government, and how it then attempted to bring down the regime by massive subsidies to nationwide strikes, engineering a coup led by the navy behind the back even of CIA stations in Santiago.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso
Binding Hardcover
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2005-09-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781844670307

Country	USA
Brand	Verso
Manufacturer	Verso
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2005-09-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781844670307

The Nixon Administration and the Death of Allende's Chile: A Case of Assisted Suicide

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