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Author Dinges, John, 1941-

Title The Condor years : how Pinochet and his allies brought terrorism to three continents / John Dinges
Published New York : New Press, 2004

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Description xiii, 322 pages ; 21 cm
Contents 1. The First War on Terrorism -- 2. Meeting in Santiago -- 3. Tilting at Windmills -- 4. Revolution in the Counterrevolution -- 5. Agents in Argentina -- 6. Mission in Paraguay -- 7. The Condor System -- 8. "The Old Man Doesn't Want to Die" -- 9. Death in Argentina -- 10. Green Light, Red Light -- 11. A Preventable Assassination -- 12. Kissinger and Argentina's "Terrorist Problem" -- 13. Ed Koch and Condor's Endgame -- 14. The Pursuit of Justice and U.S. Accountability
Summary "The Condor Years is the underground history of the international Dirty Wars by U.S. allies in South America. For much of a decade, six allied governments engaged in secret warfare intended to wipe out their enemies, kidnapping and murdering up to 30,000 people. At the initiative of Chilean president General Augusto Pinochet, and with encouragement from the CIA, they set up a multinational terrorist organization, Operation Condor, to pursue those who escaped to other Latin American countries, Europe, and the United States. John Dinges, using newly-available U.S. documents and the dictatorships' own files, tells this gripping story from the point of view of those who have tried to keep it secret
He dispassionately lays bare the true extent of U.S. complicity in the crimes of the dictators who called the United States "the leader." Revolutionaries, intelligence operatives, and U.S. officials - many speaking for the first time - recount the brutal struggle between Condor and its enemies."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto.
Chile. Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional.
Operaci on C ondor (South American countersubversion association)
Chile. Direcci on de Inteligencia Nacional
Operación Cóndor (South American countersubversion association)
State-sponsored terrorism -- History -- 20th century.
Victims of state-sponsored terrorism -- History -- 20th century.
SUBJECT Chile http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79061242 -- Relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007590
Chile -- Politics and government -- 1973-1988. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91001578
Southern Cone of South America http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125614 -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011436
United States -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379
LC no. 2003060265
ISBN 1565847644