Storm over Chile: The Junta under siege

by Samuel Chavkin, Hortensia Bussi de Allende (Foreword by)

In 1988, Chileans of all political persuasions voted in a national plebiscite against General Augusto Pinochet's remaining in power for another eight years. Why and how the protest against Pinochet's repressive rule has intensified is vividly reported by Samuel Chavkin in this revised, updated version of Storm Over Chile. Spanning sixteen years of tyranny, from the time the junta usurped the legally elected government of Salvador Allende to the present, when Pinochet is attempting to undermine the operation of his successor government. Storm Over Chile remains an unparalleled account of the Chilean story.

303 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Richard Donne]

Brilliant (if one sided) account of Pinochet's junta and Allende's murder. Its forgotten how much promise Allende's regime had, until it was effectively subverted by Nixon and Kissinger.
It reminded me how Thatcher actively supported Pinochet too, and the account of Milton Friedman's disastrous economic experiments basically being tested on the Chilean people is horrifying.
Although essentially a political book, this reads like a thriller, and is essential reading.