Generals Slow Retreat - Chile After Pinochet

Zusatztext "A human account of Chile's particular experience that is thoughtful! well researched and immensely readable." Informationen zum Autor Mary Helen Spooner is a journalist who began working in Latin America in 1977! including nine years as a foreign correspondent in Chile. She has reported for ABC News! The Economist! The Financial Times of London! and Newsweek. She is the author of Soldiers in a Narrow Land: The Pinochet Regime in Chile! Updated Edition (UC Press). Klappentext "Pinochet's supporters will continue to believe what they will believe! but the well-educated reader needs to have a solid historical record to turn to! and The General's Slow Retreat provides just that. Few books offer the kind of engaging narrative Spooner is capable of. I have been looking for such a text for years." -Steven Volk! Professor of History! Oberlin College Zusammenfassung An account of how Chile rebuilt its democracy after 17 years of military rule - with the former dictator watching, and waiting, from the sidelines. It discusses the players, events, and institutions in Chile's political history, delving into such topics as the environmental situation, the economy, and the election of Michelle Bachelet. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. An Uneasy Transition 1. Transferring Power 2. The Conciliator 3. The Commander 4. Truth and Reconciliation Part II. Building Democracy 5. Elections and the Military 6. Politics and Free Speech 7. Justice Delayed 8. London and Santiago Part III. Consolidating Democracy 9. The Dictator's Last Bow 10. Unfinished Business 11. Michelle Bachelet 12. Chile! Post-Pinochet A Chilean Chronology Notes Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Mary Helen Spooner, Spooner Mary Helen
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.05.2011
• EAN: 9780520266803
• ISBN: 978-0-520-26680-3
• No. of pages: 338
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Chile, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, Politics & government, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, History of the Americas, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989