The Pinochet File
Subtitle: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: New Press
Published: September 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 587
ISBN-13: 9781565849365
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Political History; Political Terrorism; History; History - General History; History: World; Chile; International Relations - General; Latin America - South America; Latin America - General
Description: "First published on September 11, 2003 - the thirtieth anniversary of the military coup that brought General Augusto Pinochet to power - The Pinochet File has been hailed as a definitive account of the U.S. role in supporting bloody regime change in Chile. This edition is revised and updated to include the newest declassified information on how Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger launched a preemptive strike against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende and helped Pinochet consolidate his rule."--BOOK JACKET.