General Pinochet and His Tin Soldiers

The coup on September 11, 1973, in Chile shocked the whole world. In one of the richest and most developed countries in Latin America, with a quite European standard of living and a socialist government, a military coup occurred. The "gorillas"—reactionary pro-American military led by General Augusto Pinochet—came to power. The country plunged into a vortex of bloody terror, obscurantism, and social crisis.
How could this happen? Who helped Pinochet carry out his terrible coup? How did Chilean and foreign media prepare the people for the change of power in the country?
In this classic book, the renowned Cuban journalist Lisandro Otero, who lived in Chile during those years, details how American intelligence agencies and major corporations sabotaged reforms for three years, sponsored neo-Nazi militants, brainwashed the people, and gradually prepared for the horrifying, bloody coup that pushed Chile back many decades in its development.
Many of the methods trialed for the first time then were subsequently applied by western intelligence agencies in the post-Soviet space.