Pamela Constable
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The Chilean dictatorship tolerated no dissent and killed thousands of people, even ones who didn't dissent. One reason why this book seems unique might be that the regime was short-lived and finished peacefully. Many people who lived through it all were willing and able to tell their story. The result is an interesting portrait of a weak dictatorship where the majority of people remained content as long as their economic position was tolerable and the battle against opposition took place in the shadows (but not completely hidden from public view). But since there cannot be freedom of information, a dictator never knows how strong his support actually is. Small crises can escalate quickly and be deadly. Pinochet's bag of tricks for handling this dilemma corresponds very closely to de Mesquita's and Smith's analysis in "The Dictator's Handbook".
All in all this books provides an interesting point of comparison for any future analyses of dictatorship.… (mehr)