The Pinochet Affair

State Terrorism and Global Justice

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Roger Burbach

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This work tells the epic story of the arrest of General Augusto Pinochet in London in October 1998, and the events surrounding it. It begins with Pinochet's violent military coup against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973. It probes the sociopathic, paranoid and authoritarian tendencies that led him to murder thousands of people in Chile while authorizing acts of international terrorism in Argentina, Italy and Washington D.C. In response to his brutal reign, a human rights movement was forged that played a critical role in finally ousting the dictator in 1990. But even out of office, his power was such that he suppressed all efforts to prosecute him, until his detention in London. The book describes the clash between the politicians who sought to cover up and wash their hands of Pinochet, and the judges, lawyers and human rights organizations. And it discusses the implications of the affair for an international regime of justice.

Author Biography:

Roger Burbach is a historian and director of research and publication at the Center for the Study of the Americas (CENSA) in Berkeley, California. He is the author of numerous books, including Globalization and Postmodern Politics: Zapatistas versus High Tech Robber Barons (London, Pluto Press, 2001), and, with Orlando Nunez, Fire in the Americas (London, Verso Books, 1987).

Release date NZ

October 1st, 2003

Author

Roger Burbach

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

208

Dimensions

135x215x17

ISBN-13

9781842774342

Product ID

2488438

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