Revised and updated: the definitive primary-source history of US
involvement in General Pinochet’s Chilean coup—“the evidence is
overwhelming” (The New Yorker). Published to commemorate the
fortieth anniversary of General Augusto Pinochet’s infamous
September 11, 1973, military coup in Chile, this updated edition of
The Pinochet File reveals the shocking, formerly secret record of the
US government’s complicity with atrocity in a foreign country. The
book now completes the file on Pinochet’s story, detailing his
multiple indictments between 2004 and his death on December 10, 2006,
including the Riggs Bank scandal that revealed how the dictator had
illegally squirreled away over $26 million in ill-begotten wealth in
secret American bank accounts. When it was first released in
hardcover, The Pinochet File contributed to the international campaign
to hold Pinochet accountable for murder, torture, and terrorism. A new
afterword tells the extraordinary story of Henry Kissinger’s attempt
to undercut the book’s reception—efforts that generated a major
scandal that led to a high-level resignation at the Council on Foreign
Relations, illustrating the continued ability of the book to speak
truth to power. “The Pinochet File should be considered the long
awaited book of record on U.S. intervention in Chile . . . A crisp
compelling narrative, almost a political thriller.” —Los Angeles
Times
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A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781595589958
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Vendor
The New Press (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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