United States and Chile: Coming in From the Cold

The United States and Chile is the ideal introduction to U.S.- Chilean relations. From our strained Cold War relations and the Allende assassination to current democratic and economic development, senior scholars Mares and Aravena deftly trace the path of the relationship from early partners, through tense Cold War stand-offs, to the slowly warming relations of the present. The authors include information on General Augusto Pinochet's human rights violations, his current prosecution for them, and the United State's complicity in bringing him to power. Chile is only just now recovering from decades of political instability and government abuses, and this volume provides a thorough look back, and an informed vision of the future.

David R. Mares is Professor of Political Science at the University of California-San Diego, where he is also Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies Francisco Rojas Aravena is Director of the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) in Santiago, Chile