Dictatorship Across Borders
Brazil, Chile, and the South American Cold War
Published on 19. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-4696-8963-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a groundbreaking perspective on the 973 Chilean coup, highlighting Brazil's pivotal role in shaping the political landscape of South America during the Cold War. Shifting the focus from the United States to interregional dynamics, Mila Burns argues that Brazil was instrumental in the overthrow of Salvador Allende and the establishment of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
Drawing on original documents, interviews, and newly accessible archives, particularly from the Brazilian Truth Commission, Burns reveals Brazil's covert involvement in the coup, providing weapons, intelligence, and even torturers to anti-Allende forces. She also explores the resistance networks formed by Brazilian exiles in Chile. Burns's impeccable research-combining history, anthropology, and political science-makes Dictatorship across Borders a vital addition to Cold War studies, reshaping how we understand power and resistance in South America.
Drawing on original documents, interviews, and newly accessible archives, particularly from the Brazilian Truth Commission, Burns reveals Brazil's covert involvement in the coup, providing weapons, intelligence, and even torturers to anti-Allende forces. She also explores the resistance networks formed by Brazilian exiles in Chile. Burns's impeccable research-combining history, anthropology, and political science-makes Dictatorship across Borders a vital addition to Cold War studies, reshaping how we understand power and resistance in South America.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
10 illustrations - 10 halftones, 1 table, notes, bibl., index - 1 Tables, unspecified - 10 Halftones, unspecified - Index - Bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4696-8963-0 (9781469689630)
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E-Book
07/2025
The University of North Carolina Press
€23.49
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Person
Mila Burns is associate professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at Lehman College, and of History at The CUNY Graduate Center, where she is also the Associate Director at the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies.