96 pages Council on Foreign Relations Publication Date: October 1988 Paperback ISBN: 0876090455

"A powerful survey of a critical foreign policy issue. Chile, the last refuge of right-wing military tyranny in South America, is fast approaching its political denouement. The insights and wisdom of these essays will be a major contribution to an understanding of the process."

--William D. Rogers, former under secretary of state for international economic affairs

"Three recognized experts analyze the complex patterns of contemporary Chilean politics--its ideological divisions, future political scenarios, and the impact of U.S. policy. Essential reading on the eve of a plebscite that will fundamentally affect the future of Chile and U.S.-Chilean relations."

--Paul E. Sigmund, professor of politics at Princeton University

"The Chilean political and constitutional crisis culminating in the upcoming plebiscite will be a seminal event for our hemisphere. The attention of all who value and support democracy will be focused on Chile. But few understand the history or the intricacies of this complex problem. These three artices, written by the most knowledgeable experts on the topic, explain this issues in clear and comprehensive terms. Taken together, they are must reading for anyone desiring to formulate an informed opinion on the Chilean situation."

--George W. Landau, president of the Americas Society

Mark Falcoff is a resident scholar at AEI. Arturo Valenzuela is a professor of government at Georgetown University. Susan K. Purcell is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York