The Condor Years: How Pinochet and His Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents
John Dinges
(Author)
Description
A "compelling and shocking account" of a brutal campaign of repression in Latin America, based on interviews and previously secret documents (The Miami Herald). Throughout the 1970s, six Latin American governments, led by Chile, formed a military alliance called Operation Condor to carry out kidnappings, torture, and political assassinations across three continents. It was an early "war on terror" initially encouraged by the CIA--which later backfired on the United States. Hailed by Foreign Affairs as "remarkable" and "a major contribution to the historical record," The Condor Years uncovers the unsettling facts about the secret US relationship with the dictators who created this terrorist organization. Written by award-winning journalist John Dinges and updated to include later developments in the prosecution of Pinochet, the book is a chilling yet dispassionately told history of one of Latin America's darkest eras. Dinges, himself interrogated in a Chilean torture camp, interviewed participants on both sides and examined thousands of previously secret documents to take the reader inside this underground world of military operatives and diplomats, right-wing spies and left-wing revolutionaries. "Scrupulous, well-documented." --The Washington Post "Nobody knows what went wrong inside Chile like John Dinges." --Seymour HershProduct Details
Price
$19.99
$18.39
Publisher
New Press
Publish Date
June 01, 2005
Pages
332
Dimensions
6.34 X 1.05 X 8.02 inches | 0.98 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781565849778
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About the Author
John Dinges, former managing editor of NPR News and Latin American special correspondent for the Washington Post, is the author of Our Man in Panama. He teaches journalism at Columbia University and lives in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Reviews
President Nixon had decided that an Allende regime was not acceptable to the United States. The President asked the agency to prevent Allende from coming to power or to unseat him.
Reads like an exciting spy novel, but reports on the real-life activities of Latin American dictatorships to silence their critics, including assassinations. I read the book with special interest, since I was one of the intended victims.
Reads like an exciting spy novel, but reports on the real-life activities of Latin American dictatorships to silence their critics, including assassinations. I read the book with special interest, since I was one of the intended victims.
