When the Romance Ended: Leaders of the Chilean Left, 1968-1998.(Review) (book review)

When the Romance Ended: Leaders of the Chilean Left, 1968-1998. By Katherine Hite. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. 246p. $49.50 cloth, $22.00 paper.

Katherine Hite contributes to the comparative analysis of the redefinition of the Left, especially the Marxist variety, since the end of the Cold War. She studies the salient case of Chile, which has had the most successful electoral Left in Latin America. It has had global repercussions because of the attempt to create socialism through democratic means under President Salvador Allende (1970--73), his violent overthrow by ...

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