Crisis in Allende's Chile: New Perspectives

by Edy Kaufman

This book takes a fresh look at the role the United States Government and the Chilean military played in the overthrow of the Allende government. It addresses four specific topics. Part I focuses on official and non-official United States intervention and examines other actors in the international system. Part II covers special interest groups (the Catholic church, women's organizations, trade unions, and others), the Chilean military, the Political Opposition, the political structure of Chile, and the economic situation. Part III discusses the problems within the decision-making elite. Part IV describes the pre-crisis period and the events that led to the crisis period. The author's concluding chapter offers new perspectives on the overthrow of Allende in Chile. Scholars of Latin American studies, United States foreign policy, socialism, and the interested layreader will find this volume timely and provocative.

415 pages, Hardcover

First published February 24, 1988

Reviews

[Kohei · Rating 2 out of 5]

I learned a lot from this book. It was mostly boring because a lot of the history that was explained by the author in this book did not interest me at all. But some things were kind of interesting. Reading about the end of Salvador Allende's presidency term was interesting because the author talks about the struggles Allende faced from the United States during the early 1970s. I don't find it surprising that i didn't really like this book because it was something historical and I don't usually find those so fun to read. I read this story to help me with the History essay.