Modern Chile, 1970-1989: A Critical History [Paperback]

Mark Falcoff (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 340 pages
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers (January 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887382576
• ISBN-13: 978-0887382574
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,666,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and serious contribution, March 10, 2008

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Reader 101 "WK" (Eastcoast, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Chile, 1970-1989: A Critical History (Paperback)

With all due respect, Falcoff's Modern Chile and the cited Kornbluh contribution are simply not analogous. Stylistically, Kornbluh borders on the polemic, reflecting a peculiar intellectual point of departure (regrettably shared by others as well) in which Chile exists merely as a vehicle (or venue) for American imperialist overreach and CIA machination. Falcoff, to his enduring credit, offers well-researched scholarship on a rather contentious subject --Chile during the tumultuous Allende regime, and later during the much reviled (sometimes fairly, sometimes not) Pinochet era.

Moreover, Kornbluh's contribution focuses on events following the 1973 coup. If one desires a more balanced perspective, one would be better served consulting "Hostile Intent." Falcoff, on the other hand, chronicles the entire period advertised and invests considerable effort recounting the Allende regime. Many aspects remain unchanged with the passage of time. For example, Allende's Marxist inclinations, which Falcoff discusses, have not been impeached by the subsequent disclosure of additional contemporaneous documentation.

In short, for students interested in Chilean history, Falcoff's book satisfies sans the iconoclastic fervor with which the subject matter is most often approached.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Completely outdated!, May 10, 2004

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Manuel Santini (NYC, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Chile, 1970-1989: A Critical History (Paperback)

considering the 1999 Declassification Project by the U.S. gov. yielded 24,000 never before seen documents on Chile from 1970 on, many of the issues concerning the Allende & Pinochet years in this book are outdated and come off as uninformed. Get The Pinochet File by Peter Kornbluh instead.