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This book is a study of [[Chile]]'s turbulent recent [[history]]. It covers [[Salvador Allende]]'s [[socialist]] [[revolution]] and explains how it sank Chile into chaos, [[economic]] deprivation, political turmoil, and illegality. It covers Chileans' repudiation of the Allende government three years later and their call to the military to intervene after the August 1973 congressional censure of Allende failed to stop Allende or convince him to resign.

'''''Chile: Two Visions''''' is a study of [[Chile]]'s turbulent recent [[history]]. It covers [[Salvador Allende]]'s [[socialist]] [[revolution]] and explains how it sank Chile into chaos, [[economic]] deprivation, political turmoil, and illegality. It covers Chileans' repudiation of the Allende government three years later and their call to the military to intervene after the August 1973 congressional censure of Allende failed to stop Allende or convince him to resign.

By [[winter]] 1973, Chileans were desperate, as famine loomed in Chile and disorder reigned in the streets. Allende's government had so destroyed the productive apparatus that on Sept. 6, 1973, President Allende announced: "We do not have the most minimal supply of flour, at most for three or four days."

By [[winter]] 1973, Chileans were desperate, as famine loomed in Chile and disorder reigned in the streets. Allende's government had so destroyed the productive apparatus that on Sept. 6, 1973, President Allende announced: "We do not have the most minimal supply of flour, at most for three or four days."

The Pinochet government was the most successful government Chile has ever known. Yet, the world views Pinochet as a monstrous dictator and Allende as a caring social democrat. The book tells the story of how the myth of Allende was created and shows its continuing deleterious effect on Chile. The October 1998 arrest of Pinochet in Britain on a warrant issued by a low-level Spanish magistrate was a stunning outcome of the triumph of communist propaganda over fact. [http://www.policyofliberty.net/HPdA/RobertsAraujo.html]

The Pinochet government was the most successful government Chile has ever known. Yet, the world views Pinochet as a monstrous dictator and Allende as a caring social democrat. The book tells the story of how the myth of Allende was created and shows its continuing deleterious effect on Chile. The October 1998 arrest of Pinochet in Britain on a warrant issued by a low-level Spanish magistrate was a stunning outcome of the triumph of communist propaganda over fact. [http://www.policyofliberty.net/HPdA/RobertsAraujo.html]

[[Category:Socialism]]

[[Category:Socialism]]

[[Category:Chile]]

[[Category:Chile]]