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The general's slow retreat : Chile after Pinochet /
This is an account of how Chile rebuilt its democracy after 17 years of military rule - with the former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, watching, and waiting, from the sidelines. Spooner discusses the major players, events, and institutions in Chile's recent political history, delving into such top...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2011.
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| Series: | UPSO - University of California Press E-Books.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | This is an account of how Chile rebuilt its democracy after 17 years of military rule - with the former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, watching, and waiting, from the sidelines. Spooner discusses the major players, events, and institutions in Chile's recent political history, delving into such topics as the environmental situation, the economy, and the election of Michelle Bachelet. Throughout, she examines Pinochet's continuing influence on public life as she tells how he grudgingly ceded power, successfully fought investigations into his human rights record and finances, kept command of the army for eight years after leaving the presidency, was detained on human rights charges, and died without being convicted of any of the many serious crimes of which he was accused. Chile has now become one of South America's greatest economic and political successes, but as we find in The General's Slow Retreat, it remains a country burdened with a painful past. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-305) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520948761 0520948769 1283277875 9781283277877 9786613277879 6613277878 |