Pinochet: The Politics of Torture

by William O'Shaughnessy

Overview

Near midnight on October 16, 1998, officers of Scotland Yard entered the London hospital room of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and arrested him on charges of torturing and murdering Spanish citizens. The arrest sent shockwaves around the world, delighting his detractors and the families of his regime's victims, and dismaying his supporters, including Margaret Thatcher. It marked the first time a former head of state had been detained outside his own country on charges of crimes against humanity, and thus signaled a clear warning to former dictators and heads of abusive regimes.
Through interviews, eyewitness accounts, and new sources, veteran journalist Hugh O'Shaughnessy here sifts through the General's personal life, rise to power, and arrest and internment. In clear, unforgiving prose, Pinochet: The Politics of Torture tells the riveting story of legal intrigue behind the search for justice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814762011
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	03/01/2000
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

The day before Augusto Pinochet was arrested, HUGH O'SHAUGHNESSY wrote an article entitled Murderer Among Us in the Guardian, calling for Pinochet's arrest. An award-winning journalist and broadcaster who has covered Latin America for nearly four decades, O'Shaughnessy is the author of numerous books and has been a regular correspondent for The Economist and The Financial Times, among others. A professional acquaintance of Salvador Allende, he was in Santiago on the day of Pinochet's coup d'etat in 1973.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Like a prose line drawing, a literary appetizer to a still unwritten main course: a thorough political biography of the late 20th century's most visible dictator."

-Washington Post Book World

Editorial Reviews

"Like a prose line drawing, a literary appetizer to a still unwritten main course: a thorough political biography of the late 20th century's most visible dictator."

Washington Post Book World

"Like a prose line drawing, a literary appetizer to a still unwritten main course: a thorough political biography of the late 20th century's most visible dictator."

-Washington Post Book World

From the Publisher

Essential background for those who want to be clued up about just how disgusting the Pinochet regime was.

The Guardian