03341nam 2200601Ia 450 991082195050332120200520144314.01-283-27787-597866132778790-520-94876-910.1525/9780520948761(CKB)2560000000072779(EBL)685412(OCoLC)719321909(SSID)ssj0000522839(PQKBManifestationID)11340820(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522839(PQKBWorkID)10539001(PQKB)11298824(StDuBDS)EDZ0000083836(DE-B1597)518882(OCoLC)1110707683(DE-B1597)9780520948761(MiAaPQ)EBC685412(EXLCZ)99256000000007277920100823d2011 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe general's slow retreat Chile after Pinochet /Mary Helen Spooner1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20111 online resource (350 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25613-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Transferring Power -- 2. The Conciliator -- 3. The Commander -- 4. Truth and Reconciliation -- 5. Elections and the Military -- 6. Politics and Free Speech -- 7. Justice Delayed -- 8. London and Santiago -- 9. The Dictator's Last Bow -- 10. Unfinished Business -- 11. Michelle Bachelet -- 12. Chile, Post-Pinochet -- A Chilean Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexIn her acclaimed book Soldiers in a Narrow Land, Mary Helen Spooner took us inside the brutal dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Carrying Chile's story up to the present, she now offers this vivid account of how Chile rebuilt its democracy after 17 years of military rule-with the former dictator 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.Chile after PinochetDemocratizationChileChilePolitics and government1988-Democratization983.06/6Spooner Mary Helen994769MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821950503321The General's Slow Retreat4001775UNINA