Allende's Chile and the Inter-American Cold War

by Tanya Harmer

Book Overview

Fidel Castro described Salvador Allende's democratic election as president of Chile in 1970 as the most important revolutionary triumph in Latin America after the Cuban revolution. Yet celebrations were short lived. In Washington, the Nixon administration vowed to destroy Allende's left-wing government while Chilean opposition forces mobilized against him. The result was a battle for Chile that ended in 1973 with a right-wing military coup and a brutal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469613905
• ISBN13: 9781469613901
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"