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Author Haslam, Jonathan.

Title The Nixon administration and the death of Allende's Chile : a case of assisted suicide / Jonathan Haslam
Published New York : Verso, 2005

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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
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.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
SUBJECT Chile -- History -- Coup d'état, 1973 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023892 -- Causes. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005200
Chile -- History -- 1920-1970. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91001470
Chile -- History -- 1970-1973. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91001471
Chile -- Armed Forces -- Political activity. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009120076
Cuba -- Foreign relations -- 1959-1990. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034560
USSR -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1975. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125761
LC no. 2005017438
ISBN 1844670309 hardcover alkaline paper