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Title:
Chile / David Erik Nelson, book editor.
Author:
Nelson, David Erik, editor of compilation.
Publication Information:
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2014]
Call Number:
F3100 .G465 2014
Abstract:
Explores genocide and persecution in Chile, including the history and controversies surrounding Pinochet's military coup and legacy, with personal narratives.
ISBN:
9780737768961
Series:
Genocide & persecution

Genocide and persecution series

Genocide and persecution.
Physical Description:
202 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Historical background on Chile under Augusto Pinochet. An overview of Pinochet's military coup in Chile / Peter Kornbluh ; Augusto Pinochet: villain to some, hero to others / Tom Gjelten ; The United Nations drafts a resolution on human rights violations in Chile / United Nations ; A sampling of documented cases of torture in Chile / Amnesty International ; The CIA explains its actions in Chile / Central Intelligence Agency ; On his ninety-first birthday Pinochet takes "political responsibility" / Augusto Pinochet -- Controversies surrounding Chile under Augusto Pinochet. Pinochet's actions in Chile constitute "political genocide" / Maureen S. Hiebert and Pablo Policzer ; Doctors voluntarily participated in torture under the Pinochet regime / British Medical Association ; Pinochet's tactics were justified by the threat of totalitarianism in Latin America / George Reisman ; What Pinochet did for Chile / Robert A. Packenham and William Ratliff ; Pinochet was not responsible for the "Chilean miracle" / Heraldo Muñoz ; The Chilean government's attempts at reparations have been weak and ineffectual / Robert Bacic and Elizabeth Stanley -- Personal narratives. An American expatriate observes the coup from within / Marc Cooper ; A foreign worker held in the National Stadium concentration camp / João ; The systemic sexual torture of Chilean women / Róbinson Rojas Sandford ; The "disappearance" of Carlos Fariña Oyarce, age 13 / Amnesty International ; Personal account of life under General Pinochet / Tito Tricot.
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