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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Nixon and Latin America
• Early U.S.-Chilean relations
• Opposing an election : 1970
• Undermining the Chilean experiment : 1971
• Allende's fall : 1972-1973
• Afterword : two American victims.