Description |
255 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. Disintegration of the old regime -- 2. The ultra left -- 3. President elect but not in power -- 4. Destroying the bases of capitalism -- 5. The economic consequences of Professor Vuskovic -- 6. The middle class strikes -- 7. The hidden hand moves -- Conclusions : Allende's suicide and the death of exceptionalism -- App. Accounting for inflation |
Summary |
"In this revealing history of Allende's Chile, Jonathan Haslam uncovers the actual involvement of Cuba, the Soviet Union, and the CIA in that country'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 Castro'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 d'etat of 1969 and the coup of 1973 |
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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."--BOOK JACKET |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Allende Gossens, Salvador, 1908-1973 -- Adversaries.
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
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SUBJECT |
Chile -- History -- Coup d'état, 1973 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023892 -- Causes.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005200
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Chile -- History -- 1920-1970. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91001470
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Chile -- History -- 1970-1973. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91001471
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Chile -- Armed Forces -- Political activity.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009120076
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Cuba -- Foreign relations -- 1959-1990.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034560
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USSR -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1975.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125761
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LC no. |
2005017438 |
ISBN |
1844670309 hardcover alkaline paper |
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