Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Evolution of a proud tradition: Chile's armed forces to 1931
  • First years in uniform, 1931-1945
  • The gathering storm: postwar politics and institutional frustration, 1945-1970
  • Intellectual and professional formation, 1945-1970
  • Salvador Allende and the armed forces, 1970-1973
  • Soldiers before Pinochetismo, 1973-1976
  • Defying the world and restructuring the state, 1977-1981
  • Circling the wagons: the survival of the Pinochet regime, 1982-1986
  • Mission accomplished: the transition to protected democracy, 1987-1990
  • Epilogue.