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Salvador Allende Reader

Salvador Allende Gossens,Jane Carolina Canning
Salvador Allende Reader Book PDF

Author : Salvador Allende Gossens,Jane Carolina Canning
Publisher : Ocean Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1876175249

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Salvador Allende Reader by Salvador Allende Gossens,Jane Carolina Canning Pdf

On September 11, 1973, General Augusto Pinochet led a bloody coup against President Salvador Allende in Chile. Allende died in the Presidential Palace as it was attacked by Pinochet’s army. Controversy still surrounds the role of Washington and the CIA in the overthrow of the popularly elected government of Allende, a self-proclaimed Marxist. For decades Allende’s name and the experience of the Popular Unity government was all but erased from history, not only in Chile but internationally. This first-ever anthology presents Allende’s voice and his vision of a more democratic, peaceful and just world to a new generation. "“I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist because of the irresponsibility of its own people.” Henry Kissinger, on the prospect of Allende’s electoral victory in 1970. "This anthology is the first collection in English of Allende’s speeches and interviews . . . and will be of value for academic collections on Latin America."—Library Journal Features a substantial biographical introduction on Allende and an extensive chronology and bibliography.

The Chile Reader

Elizabeth Quay Hutchison,Thomas Miller Klubock,Nara B. Milanich,Peter Winn
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Author : Elizabeth Quay Hutchison,Thomas Miller Klubock,Nara B. Milanich,Peter Winn
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822395836

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The Chile Reader by Elizabeth Quay Hutchison,Thomas Miller Klubock,Nara B. Milanich,Peter Winn Pdf

The Chile Reader makes available a rich variety of documents spanning more than five hundred years of Chilean history. Most of the selections are by Chileans; many have never before appeared in English. The history of Chile is rendered from diverse perspectives, including those of Mapuche Indians and Spanish colonists, peasants and aristocrats, feminists and military strongmen, entrepreneurs and workers, and priests and poets. Among the many selections are interviews, travel diaries, letters, diplomatic cables, cartoons, photographs, and song lyrics. Texts and images, each introduced by the editors, provide insights into the ways that Chile's unique geography has shaped its national identity, the country's unusually violent colonial history, and the stable but autocratic republic that emerged after independence from Spain. They shed light on Chile's role in the world economy, the social impact of economic modernization, and the enduring problems of deep inequality. The Reader also covers Chile's bold experiments with reform and revolution, its subsequent descent into one of Latin America's most ruthless Cold War dictatorships, and its much-admired transition to democracy and a market economy in the years since dictatorship.

Salvador Allende

Victor Figueroa Clark
Salvador Allende Book PDF

Author : Victor Figueroa Clark
Publisher : Pluto Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0745333079

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Salvador Allende by Victor Figueroa Clark Pdf

This is a political biography of one of the 20th Century's most emblematic left-wing figures - Salvador Allende, who was president of Chile until he was ousted by General Pinochet in a US-supported coup in 1973. Victor Figueroa Clark guides us through Allende's life and political project, answering some of the most frequently asked questions. Was he a revolutionary or a reformist? A bureaucrat or inspirational democrat? Clark argues that Allende and the Popular Unity process he led were a symbol of hope for the left during their short time in power. Forty years on, and with left-wing governments in power across Latin America, this book looks back at the man and the process in order to draw vital lessons for the left in Latin America and around the world today.

Allende

Fernando Alegria
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Author : Fernando Alegria
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1994-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0804723265

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Allende by Fernando Alegria Pdf

Although everything in this imaginative and compelling biography of the martyred Chilean President, Salvador Allende, is solidly based on fact, it is cast in the form of a novel by the author, who was a close friend and longtime colleague of Allende.

Story of a Death Foretold

Oscar Guardiola-Rivera
Story of a Death Foretold Book PDF

Author : Oscar Guardiola-Rivera
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781408830086

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Story of a Death Foretold by Oscar Guardiola-Rivera Pdf

On 11 September 1973, President Salvador Allende of Chile, Latin America's first democratically elected Marxist president, was deposed in a violent coup d'état. Early that morning the phone lines to Allende's office were cut, army officers loyal to the republic were arrested and shortly afterwards bombs from four British-made Hawker Hunter jets began slamming into the presidential palace. Allende refused to leave his post, making broadcasts to encourage the Chilean people until the last pro-government radio station was silenced. Later that morning he was found dead, with an AK-47 that had been a gift from Fidel Castro by his side.The coup had been planned for months, even years before it actually happened. In fact, from the moment Allende's electoral victory in 1970 became a possibility, business leaders in Chile, extreme right-wing groups, high-ranking officers in the Chilean military and the US administration and the CIA worked together to secure a prompt and dramatic end to his progressive social programme.Why Allende seemed such a threat in the political and economic context of the time and how the coup was engineered is the story Oscar Guardiola-Rivera tells, drawing on a wide range of sources, including phone transcripts and documents released as recently as 2008. It is a radical retelling of a moment in history that even at the height of Cold War paranoia - a time when Henry Kissinger described Chile as 'a dagger pointed at the heart of Antarctica' -shocked the world and which continues to resonate today. As the uprisings of the Arab Spring and the global protests at austerity measures introduced since the crash of 2008 show, the world is struggling to deal with the economic and political dilemmas Allende faced at the time.

The Overthrow of Allende and the Politics of Chile, 1964-1976

Paul E. Sigmund
The Overthrow of Allende and the Politics of Chile 1964 1976 Book PDF

Author : Paul E. Sigmund
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1977-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822974178

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The Overthrow of Allende and the Politics of Chile, 1964-1976 by Paul E. Sigmund Pdf

Paul Sigmund, who has studied Chile for more than a decade, and lived and taught there, offers an exhaustive, balanced analysis of the overthrow of Salvador Allende, and why it occurred. Sigmund examines the Allende government, the Frei government that preceeded it, the coup that ended it, and the Pinochet government that succeeded it. He also views the roles of various Chilean political and interest groups, the CIA, and U.S. corporations.

Chile 1973. The Other 9/11

David Francois
Chile 1973 The Other 9 11 Book PDF

Author : David Francois
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781913118310

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Chile 1973. The Other 9/11 by David Francois Pdf

A history of the build-up and the ultimate clash during the Chilean coup of 11 September 1973, featuring over 100 color photos, profiles, and maps. In 1970, Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens, a physician and leftist politician, was elected the President of Chile. Involved in political life for nearly 40 years, Allende adopted a policy of nationalization of industries and collectivization—measures that brought him on a collision course with the legislative and judicial branches of the government, and then the center-right majority of the Chilean Congress. Before long, calls were issued for his overthrow by force. Indeed, on 11 September 1973, the military—supported by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the USA—moved to oust Allende, and surrounded La Moneda Palace. After refusing a safe passage, Allende gave his farewell speech on live radio, and La Moneda was then subjected to air strikes and an assault by the Chilean Army. Allende committed suicide. Following Allende’s death, General Augusto Pinochet installed a military junta, thus ending almost four decades of uninterrupted democratic rule in the country. His repressive regime remained in power until 1990. Starting with an in-depth study of the Chilean military, paramilitary forces and different leftist movements in particular, this volume traces the history of the build-up and the ultimate clash during the coup of 11 September 1973. Providing minute details about the motivation, organization and equipment of all involved parties, it also explains why the Chilean military not only launched the coup but also imposed itself in power, and how the leftist movements reacted Illustrated with over 100 photographs, color profiles, and maps describing the equipment, colors, markings and tactics of the Chilean military and its opponents, it is a unique study into a well-known yet much under-studied aspect of Latin America’s military history. “The text is interesting and provides a very readable account and context to what happened and throughout the book, it is well illustrated with archive photos, maps and some fine colour profiles of armoured vehicles and aircraft which modellers in particular will like. I like this series of Latin America at War series from Helion, and have learnt a lot.” —Military Model Scene

Reader

Ariel Dorfman
Reader Book PDF

Author : Ariel Dorfman
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0573651329

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Reader by Ariel Dorfman Pdf

A censor discovers that the subversive novel he is about to ban is describing his own life and hinting that a terrible fate awaits his son. He must hunt down the author before it comes true...

Pinochet and Me

Marc Cooper
Pinochet and Me Book PDF

Author : Marc Cooper
Publisher : Verso
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002-06-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1859843603

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Pinochet and Me by Marc Cooper Pdf

Marc Cooper recalls his escape from the tightening grip of the Pinochet junta and his subsequent return visits to a country that is still groping towards democratic recovery.

Adelante Con Allende

Richard Avila
Adelante Con Allende Book PDF

Author : Richard Avila
Publisher : Trafford on Demand Pub
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781553692355

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Adelante Con Allende by Richard Avila Pdf

In 1970, Chile's citizens made Salvador Allende the first freely elected Marxist president in the americas. Three years later, he was overthrown in a violent military coup led by Augusto Pinochet with the no-so-secret complicity of the U.S. Government and powerful corporate interests. Chilean democrats were brutally suppressed and all Chileans were stripped of their constitutional rights. "The dynamics which enabled Allende to win at the polls, including the expectations raised but only partially fulfilled by President Eduardo Frei and Kennedy's Alliance for Progress, are examined form multiple perspectives. Allende's policies, the reason for the coup, the repression which followed, and the events leading to the restoration of democracy are critically scrutinized. "Allende's legacy as a democratic politician with a socialist agenda is reviewed from the vantage point of the struggle by Chileans to overcome a military tyranny nurtured for 16 years by domestic and foreign elites in the name of "liberty and freedom." It is a lesson which all democrats of the Americas ignore at our own peril."

Something Fierce

Carmen Aguirre
Something Fierce Book PDF

Author : Carmen Aguirre
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780345813824

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Something Fierce by Carmen Aguirre Pdf

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER (The Globe and Mail) A Globe and Mail Best Book [2011] A Quill & Quire Book of the Year [2011] A National Post Best Book [2011] A BBC Radio Book of the Week [October 2011] One of the CBC’s 15 Memoirs by Canadian Women Worth Reading [2015] Six-year-old Carmen Aguirre fled to Canada with her family following General Augusto Pinochet's violent 1973 coup in Chile. Five years later, when her mother and stepfather returned to South America as Chilean resistance members, Carmen and her sister went with them, quickly assuming double lives of their own. At 18, Carmen became a militant herself, plunging further into a world of terror, paranoia and euphoria. Something Fierce takes the reader inside war-ridden Peru, dictator-ruled Bolivia, post-Malvinas Argentina and Pinochet's Chile in the eventful decade between 1979 and 1989. Dramatic, suspenseful and darkly comic, it is a rare first-hand account of revolutionary life and a passionate argument against forgetting.

The Pinochet File

Peter Kornbluh
The Pinochet File Book PDF

Author : Peter Kornbluh
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595589958

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The Pinochet File by Peter Kornbluh Pdf

Revised and updated: the definitive primary-source history of US involvement in General Pinochet’s Chilean coup—“the evidence is overwhelming” (The New Yorker). Published to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of General Augusto Pinochet’s infamous September 11, 1973, military coup in Chile, this updated edition of The Pinochet File reveals the shocking, formerly secret record of the US government’s complicity with atrocity in a foreign country. The book now completes the file on Pinochet’s story, detailing his multiple indictments between 2004 and his death on December 10, 2006, including the Riggs Bank scandal that revealed how the dictator had illegally squirreled away over $26 million in ill-begotten wealth in secret American bank accounts. When it was first released in hardcover, The Pinochet File contributed to the international campaign to hold Pinochet accountable for murder, torture, and terrorism. A new afterword tells the extraordinary story of Henry Kissinger’s attempt to undercut the book’s reception—efforts that generated a major scandal that led to a high-level resignation at the Council on Foreign Relations, illustrating the continued ability of the book to speak truth to power. “The Pinochet File should be considered the long awaited book of record on U.S. intervention in Chile . . . A crisp compelling narrative, almost a political thriller.” —Los Angeles Times

Allende’s Chile and the Inter-American Cold War

Tanya Harmer
Allende s Chile and the Inter American Cold War Book PDF

Author : Tanya Harmer
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0807869244

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Allende’s Chile and the Inter-American Cold War by Tanya Harmer Pdf

Fidel Castro described Salvador Allende's democratic election as president of Chile in 1970 as the most important revolutionary triumph in Latin America after the Cuban revolution. Yet celebrations were short lived. In Washington, the Nixon administration vowed to destroy Allende's left-wing government while Chilean opposition forces mobilized against him. The result was a battle for Chile that ended in 1973 with a right-wing military coup and a brutal dictatorship lasting nearly twenty years. Tanya Harmer argues that this battle was part of a dynamic inter-American Cold War struggle to determine Latin America's future, shaped more by the contest between Cuba, Chile, the United States, and Brazil than by a conflict between Moscow and Washington. Drawing on firsthand interviews and recently declassified documents from archives in North America, Europe, and South America--including Chile's Foreign Ministry Archive--Harmer provides the most comprehensive account to date of Cuban involvement in Latin America in the early 1970s, Chilean foreign relations during Allende's presidency, Brazil's support for counterrevolution in the Southern Cone, and the Nixon administration's Latin American policies. The Cold War in the Americas, Harmer reveals, is best understood as a multidimensional struggle, involving peoples and ideas from across the hemisphere.

Allende's Chile and the Inter-American Cold War

Tanya Harmer
Allende s Chile and the Inter American Cold War Book PDF

Author : Tanya Harmer
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807834954

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Allende's Chile and the Inter-American Cold War by Tanya Harmer Pdf

Allende's Chile and the Inter-American Cold War

Augusto Pinochet's Chile, 2nd Edition

Diana Childress
Augusto Pinochet s Chile 2nd Edition Book PDF

Author : Diana Childress
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781467703536

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Augusto Pinochet's Chile, 2nd Edition by Diana Childress Pdf

Augusto Pinochet, commander-in-chief of Chile’s army, rose to power in 1973 when he participated in a military coup to overthrow the president, Salvador Allende. Allende was a Socialist, and the upper classes and the military feared that Socialism would lead to a takeover of the country by the Communist Soviet Union. On September 11 of that year, the military attacked the presidential palace, and Allende committed suicide. Pinochet took charge of the junta formed to rule, naming himself president. Military personnel controlled all phases of the government and industry, and the junta shut down the Congress. National police were stationed on almost every block to enforce curfews and keep order, arresting thousands of Socialists and other “enemies of the state.” Many were tortured, many were exiled or fled into exile, and many just disappeared. The secret police even assassinated opponents outside the country. Pinochet ruled the country with an iron fist for seventeen years even as he brought reforms that stabilized the economy. Increasing unrest and economic problems eventually forced him from office. He was arrested when in Great Britain a few years later and charged with murder and other crimes against humanity. Released for medical reasons, he returned to Chile. He died there in 2006, under indictment for murder and other crimes. Read this book to learn how a trusted military leader became a ruthless dictator, all in the name of protecting his country.