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The Condor Years: How Pinochet And His Allies Brought Terrorism To Three Continents by [Dinges, John]

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Throughout the 1970s, six Latin American governments led by Chile formed a military alliance called Operation Condor to carry out kidnappings, torture, and political assassinations across three continents. It was an early “war on terror” initially encouraged by the CIA which later backfired on the United States.

Hailed by Foreign Affairs as “remarkable” and “a major contribution to the historical record,” The Condor Years uncovers the unsettling facts about the secret U.S. relationship with the dictators who created this terrorist organization. Written by award-winning journalist John Dinges and newly updated to include recent developments in the prosecution of Pinochet, the book is a chilling but dispassionately told history of one of Latin America’s darkest eras. Dinges, himself interrogated in a Chilean torture camp, interviewed participants on both sides and examined thousands of previously secret documents to take the reader inside this underground world of military operatives and diplomats, right-wing spies and left-wing revolutionaries.

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File Size: 794 KB
Print Length: 354 pages
Publisher: The New Press (August 21, 2012)
Publication Date: August 21, 2012
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Language: English
ASIN: B0092WRB04
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Jose E. Medina

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October 21, 2017

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ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT.

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A disingenuous view of an indeed dark episode of history

January 27, 2017

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While we can all agree that the dictatorships that flourished on the Southern Cone of South America were brutal and their methods ran counter to human rights, the author of this book sins by being one-sided and "romantic" in his assessment. True, Allende was elected democratically by the Chilean people, but as in many cases in history, the presence in his cabinet of communist ministers as well as the increased pressure in the streets by radical elements (such as strikes and forcible takeovers of factories) did not bide well for the continuity of democracy in Chile. While we cannot speculate on this matter, Allende's weakness would have become a liability in the longer term and a communist takeover could have occurred, which would have thrown off-balance this region of South America, already threatened by the massive presence of the Montoneros in Argentina, the remnants of the pro-Castro guerrillas in Bolivia, and the Tupamaros in Uruguay. Che Guevara's doctrine of "multiple vietnams" would have been catastrophic if it had been allowed to run its course (Vid. The FARC ongoing conflict in Colombia) and would have entangled the United States in a sovietization of Latin America, with all the socioeconomic disasters this would have brought (vid. The Cuban quagmire). Therefore, the historian has to have a dispassionate view of these events and understand that the actions of Kissinger and the state department during that period have to be read and understood in the context of the Cold War and the imbalance previously mentioned. Unfortunately, the author fails in that aspect and indicts Kissinger and the US administration of complicity in this drama. I, unfortunately, cannot agree with this assessment: if Kissinger is guilty of anything, it is of being a proponent of realpolitik and being a man of his time.

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John P. Williams

Very factual, not the most captivating

March 26, 2014

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The book is incredibly well researched, but not a page-turner. The author spends a lot of time detailing his sources (which is nearly always newly disclosed CIA documents), but not enough time telling a compelling story. Pretty good though, overall.

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William E. Fason

Thorough dispassionate treatment

April 9, 2013

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Dinges presents a treatment of Operation Condor that is sober and well-grounded in research. He is careful not to go beyond where the evidence leads. Remember that many documents relating to Operation Condor remain sealed away in the bowels of the US national security complex, what what we do know is damning.

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Charley

On one hand and on the other!

April 3, 2013

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Well written book with documentation of a textbook.
Living now in Chile I have had conversations with a number of Chileans who remind me of my conversations many years ago with Germans who
had many excuses for what happened. There can be no excuses for what took place in either case. They are not equal except for " on one hand this happened but it was necessary or other things good occurred ( autobahn, pan american highway, etc.)

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February 1, 2016

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So. Much. Knowledge.

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blueberrymuffin0999

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November 12, 2015

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great book

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endsng

Liberal slant, but very well written

October 25, 2009

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This book is excellent!! It is very well researched, well written, comprehensive and compelling. I don't share the same fondness that some other reviewers seem to have for communists, socialists, or so-called 'social democrats', but it is really distressing to read about how much brutality was used to conquer leftist subversion. The author makes an excellent point that the only solution that the country never contemplated was to create a true democracy. If it takes a brutal right wing regime to get rid of the leftists, then who wins?

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No King But Christ

Barely made it through the sample

Full disclosure: I read the sample but opted not to purchase the book.

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Excellent and important

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