Nixon, Kissinger, and Allende U.S. involvement in the 1973 coup in Chile /

• Main Author: Qureshi, Lubna Z., 1974-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2009.
• Subjects: Allende Gossens, Salvador, > 1908-1973.; Nixon, Richard M. > 1913-1994. > (Richard Milhous),; Kissinger, Henry, > 1923-; United States. > Central Intelligence Agency.; Coup d'état (Chile : 1973); 1973; POLITICAL SCIENCE > International. > Government; POLITICAL SCIENCE > General. > International Relations; Diplomatic relations.; War > Causes.; Chile > History > Causes. > Coup d'état, 1973; United States > Foreign relations > Chile.; Chile > Foreign relations > United States.; Chile.; United States.; Electronic books.; History.
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 In the thirty-five years since the violent overthrow of Chilean President Salvador Allende, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has vehemently denied U.S. involvement. Almost with the same breath, Kissinger suggests that the democratically elected Allende represented Soviet aggression in Latin America, therefore posing a threat to the United States' physical security. Newly released documents reveal the Nixon administration's efforts to undermine Allende, while indicating that Nixon and Kissinger did not believe the socialist regime in Santiago endangered the United States or even had c.