Chile · the Other September 11 · an Anthology of Reflections on the 1973 Coup

Chile · the Other September 11 · an Anthology of Reflections on the 1973 Coup
Authors
Dorfman, Ariel & Allende, Salvador & Castro, Fidel & Aguilera, Pilar
Publisher
Ocean Press
Tags
history
Date
2016-08-15T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.51 MB
Lang
en
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This anthology reclaims the tragic date of September 11 as the anniversary of the US-backed coup in Chile in 1973 by General Augusto Pinochet against the popularly elected Allende government.

The selection combines moving personal accounts with a political/historical overview of the coup s significance, featuring Ariel Dorfman's poignant essay, The last September 11 and President Allende's last radio broadcast."