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Bezig met laden... A Nation of Enemies: Chile Under Pinochet (1991)door Pamela Constable
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. To understand Chile’s recent history, “A Nation of Enemies: Chile under Pinochet” (1993) by Pamela Constable and Arturo Valenzuela, is enlightening. The authors have spoken to hundreds of people, from all political shades, all social classes, from which they have pitched together an interesting analysis of the Pinochet era, from how the coup came about to how the dictator ultimately lost the referendum on his presidency. In a series of focused chapters several aspects are being discussed, from the army and the secret service and their increasingly unaccounted-for actions to the complacent and spineless judiciary, the petty politicians far removed from any sense of realism, and the economists that presided over the economic miracle that ultimately collapsed. The set up of the book is a bit chaotic, and repetitive because of it, and much of the text suffers from far too many details, which would have been better left out to make the point clearer. Yet, whilst I am not sure how ‘independent’ this review really is, it provides for fascinating reading about an utterly divided country. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"This will stand as the definitive work on Chile under Pinochet for many years to come."--Library Journal How Chile, once South America's most stable democracy, gave way to a culture of fear. The authors explain and illuminate the rift in Chilean society that widened dramatically during the Pinochet era. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The Chilean dictatorship tolerated no dissent and killed thousands of people, even ones who didn't dissent. One reason why this book seems unique might be that the regime was short-lived and finished peacefully. Many people who lived through it all were willing and able to tell their story. The result is an interesting portrait of a weak dictatorship where the majority of people remained content as long as their economic position was tolerable and the battle against opposition took place in the shadows (but not completely hidden from public view). But since there cannot be freedom of information, a dictator never knows how strong his support actually is. Small crises can escalate quickly and be deadly. Pinochet's bag of tricks for handling this dilemma corresponds very closely to de Mesquita's and Smith's analysis in "The Dictator's Handbook".
All in all this books provides an interesting point of comparison for any future analyses of dictatorship.