Battling for Hearts and Minds: Memory Struggles in Pinochet's Chile, 1973-1988

by Steve J. Stern

Battling for Hearts and Minds is the story of the dramatic struggle to define collective memory in Chile during the violent, repressive dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, from the 1973 military coup in which he seized power through his defeat in a 1988 plebiscite. Steve J. Stern provides a riveting narration of Chile's political history during this period. At the same time, he analyzes Chileans' conflicting interpretations of events...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822338416
• ISBN13: 9780822338413
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"