Description
| Product ID: | 9781804293331 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Conversations with Allende |
| Subtitle: | Socialism in Chile |
| Authors: | Author: Regis Debray, Peter Beglan, Ben Brewster |
| Page Count: | 168 |
| Subjects: | History, History, History, Archaeology, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Archaeology, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Chile, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating On the fiftieth anniversary of the coup that overthrew Allende, a new edition of this classic text on his political perspectives and the process he unleashed in Chile On the 50th anniversary of the coup that overthrew Allende, a new edition of this classic text on Chile''s socialist president The election in Chile of the Marxist leader of the Socialist Party, Salvador Allende, to the presidency in October 1970 inaugurated a political situation unique in Latin America and of world-wide significance. Allende''s Popular Unity coalition embraced Socialists and Communists and campaigned on an election programme of unprecedented radicalism – nothing less than the abolition of monopoly capitalism and imperialism in Chile. In this book, Régis Debray, recently released from his Bolivian gaol, questioned President Allende about his strategy for socialism. These discussions ranged widely over the history of the workers’ movement in Chile, the strength of imperialism in Latin America, the experience of the first months of the Allende government, the role of the Chilean armed forces, Allende''s personal background and friendship with Che Guevara, the seizure of land by peasants since the Popular Unity victory, and the international outlook of the new Chile. In an introductory essay, Debray furnished an analysis of Chilean history and politics which situated Allende in the past and present of the country and explored the dynamics of the class struggle now unfolding there. For this new anniversary edition, leading Chilean leftist scholar Camila Vergara has written a new introduction which appraises the book in the light of recent political developments in Chile. |
| Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
| Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-09-05 |