Hostile Intent - 9781597970976

Hostile IntentU.S. Covert Operations in Chile, 19641974\nAuthor(s): Kristian Gustafson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Potomac Books Inc, United States\nImprint: Potomac Books Inc\nISBN-13: 9781597970976, 978-1597970976\nSynopsis\nKristian GustafsonsHostile Intentreexamines one of the most controversial chapters in [url] intelligence history, the Central Intelligence Agencys covert operations in Chile from 1964 to 1974. At the request of successive [url] presidents, the CIA in conjunction with the State Department and the Defense Intelligence Agency first acted to prevent Chilean socialist Salvador Allende from becoming the democratically elected president of his country and then tried to undermine his government once he was in office. Allendes government eventually fell in a bloody military coup on September 11, 1973. President Richard Nixons administration and corporate interests were not sorry to see him go, but did [url] covert operations actually play a decisive role in Allendes d.