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As a study based on multiarchival research, the book offers an original narrative and analysis of a topic scarcely treated by scholarly literature on the history of South America in the twentieth century, which makes it useful and interesting for audiences in various countries of the region.

Sebastián Hurtado-Torres (1982), Ph.D. in history from Ohio University, is a professor at the history department of Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile. He is the author of The Gathering Storm: Eduardo Frei’s Revolution in Liberty and Chile’s Cold War (2020) and several articles on the international history of Chile and South America published in journals such as The International History Review, the Journal of Cold War Studies, and others.

Joaquín Fermandois (1948), Ph. D. in history from Universidad de Sevilla, is a professor at the history department of Universidad San Sebastián, in Santiago, Chile. He is the author of Mundo y fin de mundo: Chile en la política mundial, 1900-2004 (2005), La revolución inconclusa: la izquierda chilena y el gobierno de la Unidad Popular (2013), and many other books and articles on the political and international history of Chile.