United States and Chile: Coming in From the Cold

by Mares,David R.

• ISBN13: 9780415931243
• ISBN10: 041593124X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The United States and Chile is the ideal introduction to U.S.- Chilean relations. From our strained Cold War relations and the Allende assassination to current democratic and economic development, senior scholars Mares and Aravena deftly trace the path of the relationship from early partners, through tense Cold War stand-offs, to the slowly warming relations of the present. The authors include information on General Augusto Pinochet's human rights violations, his current prosecution for them, and the United State's complicity in bringing him to power. Chile is only just now recovering from decades of political instability and government abuses, and this volume provides a thorough look back, and an informed vision of the future.

Author Biography

David R. Mares is Professor of Political Science at the University of California-San Diego, where he is also Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies Francisco Rojas Aravena is Director of the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) in Santiago, Chile

Table of Contents

Series Preface	vii
Preface	xv
INTRODUCTION
Historical Characteristics of the Bilateral Relationship: Continuities and Changes	3	(24)
FOREIGN POLICY DECISION-MAKING IN THE RELATIONSHIP
International Factors in the Chilean-U.S. Relationship	27	(22)
Domestic Factors in Foreign Policy	49	(16)
Transnational Linkages and the Bilateral Relationship	65	(16)
THE MATURING (?) OF THE CHILEAN-UNITED STATES RELATIONSHIP
Reestablishing Cooperative Relations: The Aylwin Administration	81	(12)
A Maturing of the Relationship?	93	(18)
POSTSCRIPT
Chile Looks to the Future with Ricardo Lagos	111	(8)
Notes	119	(18)
Index	137