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Advance praise: 'While reams of scholarly writings have been published on the US role in the overthrow of Chilean democracy in September 1973, almost nothing of substance has been written on the US role in the denouement of the Pinochet dictatorship in 1990 - until now. Through astute analysis of a massive quantity of declassified US documents, Reagan and Pinochet has filled a major historical void. This is a compelling, definitive, and valuable study.' Peter Kornbluh, author of The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability Advance praise: 'Having conducted solid archival research and extensive interviewing of US and Chilean officials, Morris Morley and Chris McGillion have presented us with a fine study of the Reagan administration's policies toward the military dictatorship of General Pinochet. The administration successfully nudged Chile toward democracy, while simultaneously working to preserve the Chilean military's power and to marginalize popular and leftist movements. This study serves as a useful corrective to earlier celebratory accounts of the administration's role in South America.' Stephen G. Rabe, University of Texas, Dallas Advance praise: 'Based on extensive research and oral histories, Morris Morley and Chris McGillion have produced the most comprehensive examination of Ronald Reagan's controversial relationship with General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship in Chile. In the process, they challenge the Reagan administration's claims of success for its policy of a 'close embrace' and why it had to abandon this approach for a new policy that encouraged change in Chile. This work is an important addition to the burgeoning literature on American policy toward Chile, South America, and human rights.' David F. Schmitz, Robert Allen Skotheim Chair of History, Whitman College

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Morris Morley is an Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, Washington, DC. His books include Imperial State and Revolution: The United States and Cuba, 1952-1986, Washington, Somoza and the Sandinistas and, with Chris McGillion, Unfinished Business: America and Cuba after the Cold War, 1989-2001 and Cuba, the United States and the Post-Cold War World. Chris McGillion coordinates the journalism program at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, Australia, and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, Washington, DC. He is a former editorial-page editor for the Sydney Morning Herald.

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