{"product_id":"9798765134054","title":"Prelude to a Dictatorship Political Upheaval in Chile's Allende Years","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePrelude to a Dictatorship\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePolitical Upheaval in Chile's Allende Years\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMary Helen Spooner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ World \/ Caribbean \u0026amp; Latin American\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat can be learned from Chile's experience with severe political polarization? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany view Chilean President Salvador Allende as a tragic victim of heavy-handed U.S. policy thanks to declassified documents from the CIA, State Department, and other U.S. government agencies that show a concerted effort to undermine his government. But the documents also contain revealing accounts of deep political and social divisions that remind us that countries have their own determining factors over which foreign powers have limited influence. No society goes from peaceful to violent overnight, and in recent years a number of Chileans close to the Allende government have expressed circumspection about that period. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book retraces key events of Allende's three-year government, including the nationalization of Chile's copper and other industries, Fidel Castro's 25-day visit, political assassinations, strikes, and shortages. It also examines role of the military toward the end of Allende's administration-lurking in the background is General Augusto Pinochet, Chile's future dictator and a man whom Allende trusted. Supplementing in-depth research with interviews with some of the few witnesses to key events during that period who are still around to tell the story, Mary Helen Spooner constructs a fresh look at the Allende years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMary Helen Spooner\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist based in the United Kingdom who worked for many years in Latin America. She is author of \u003ci\u003eSoldiers in a Narrow Land: The Pinochet Regime in Chile \u003c\/i\u003e(1999), \u003ci\u003eThe General's Slow Retreat: Chile After Pinochet \u003c\/i\u003e(2011), and coauthor (with Steven Ullmann) of \u003ci\u003eCuban Health Care: Utopian Dreams, Fragile Future \u003c\/i\u003e(2014).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 October 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765134054\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e180\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331953950860,"sku":"9798765134054","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_114595ff-6642-4b01-99d6-f5b56ba69756.jpg?v=1783600561","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798765134054","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}