The Gathering Storm : : Eduardo Frei's Revolution in Liberty and Chile's Cold War / / Sebastián Hurtado-Torres.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Hurtado-Torres, Sebastián,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: The United States in the World
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 p.) :; 8 b&w halftones, 2 charts

In this novel take on diplomatic history, Sebastián Hurtado-Torres examines the involvement of the United States in Chile during the Eduardo Frei administration (1964–1970). The Gathering Storm shows how the engagement between the two nations deepened the process of political polarization in Chile.Hurtado-Torres presents major revisionist arguments about the relationship between Chile and the US during the Frei years. At the heart of his account is a description of the partnership between Frei's government and that of Lyndon B. Johnson. Both leaders considered modernization to be integral to political and economic development, and the US Embassy in Santiago was recognized by all parties to be the center of this modernizing agenda and the practical work of the Alliance for Progress (AFP).The Gathering Storm portrays the diplomatic and economic relationship between Chile and the United States in a manner that departs from the most militant and conservative interpretations of US foreign policy toward Latin America. By focusing on the active participation of agents of US foreign policy, particularly those associated with the AFP, and not secret operatives of the Central Intelligence Agency, Hurtado-Torres offers a fresh narrative about a critical period in Chilean political history and a new understanding of the ways and means through which the foreign policy of the United States was carried out.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The United States and Chilean Politics in the Cold War -- 1. The U.S. Embassy in Santiago and the Presidential Election of 1964 -- 2. Time of Hope, 1964–1967 -- 3. Time of Trouble, 1967–1969 -- 4. Chilean Copper and U.S. Companies -- 5. The Presidential Candidacy of Radomiro Tomic -- 6. The United States and the Last Two Years of the Frei Administration -- 7. The United States and the Presidential Election of 1970 -- 8. Eduardo Frei, the U.S. Embassy, and the Election of Salvador Allende -- Conclusion: The Influence of the United States in Chilean Politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index