The dictator's shadow : life under Augusto Pinochet / Heraldo Munoz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muñoz, Heraldo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chile--History--20th century.

Chile.

Chile--History--Coup d'état, 1973.

Chile--History--1973-1988.

Chile--History--1988-.

Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A gripping memoir of life in Chile under Augusto Pinochet, the horrors perpetrated by his regime, and what it took to overthrow him.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface ix; 1. A Different 9/11 1; 2. The Two Pinochets 22; 3. The Power to Dictate 60; 4. Pinochet's Global Reach 81; 5. Regime on the Ropes 120; 6. To Kill Pinochet or Defeat Him with a Pencil 160; 7. Governing with the Enemy 209; 8. Lost in London 242; 9. Reversals of Fortune 274; 10. Pinochet's Long Shadow 299; Acknowledgments 315; Sources 317; Index 327

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-326) and index.

ISBN:

0-7867-2604-0

OCLC:

646769227