Chile: The Other September 11: An Anthology of Reflections on the 1973 Coup. Ariel Dorfman

This anthology reclaims the date of September 11 as the anniversary of the U.S.-backed coup in Chile in 1973 by General Augusto Pinochet against the popularly elected Allende government. Contrib­utors include Ariel Dorfman, Pablo Neruda, Salvador Allende, Fidel Castro.

“A fast and powerful read, and its themes are still relevant today… and shows vividly the suffering others have endured at our hands, the same sort of suffering our government has pledged to fight… This book is the kind of true testimonial that all Americans should read.”—Clamor

“A worthwhile compilation for libraries and bookstores seeking titles on the subject.”—Criticas

Constitutionalism and Dictatorship: Pinochet, the Junta, and the 1980 Constitution. Robert Barros. 2009

It is widely believed that autocratic regimes cannot limit their power through institutions of their own making. This book presents a surpris­ing challenge to this view. It demonstrates that the Chilean armed forces were constrained by institutions of their own design. Based on extensive documentation of military decision-making, much of it long classified and unavailable, this book reconstructs the politics of insti­tutions within the recent Chilean dictatorship (1973-1990).

Cambridge Studies in the Theory of Democracy

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Soldiers in a Narrow Land: The Pinochet Regime in Chile. Mary Helen Spooner. 1999

Journalist Spooner presents a narrative of the Pinochet regime through profiles of the major government and opposition figures, many of whom she interviewed. Spooner, who lived in Chile during the Pinochet period (1973- 88), is at her best when discussing Chile prior to the 1973 military coup that toppled Socialist President Sal­vador Allende's government. General Augusto Pinochet comes across as a very limited provincial man entirely unsuited for any polit­ical role. The junta, and Pinochet in particular, were perennially suspi­cious of the United States and naturally quite resentful of the US arms embargo. Spooner notes the ironic fact that, under the junta, Chile was actually less militarily secure because of the embargo and Pinochet's purging of the foreign service. The junta was hurt even more by several public relations campaigns in the US that only further alienated Congress. Spooner is particularly adept at writing about the so-called «Chicago Boys», those young Chilean economists who were trained at the University of Chicago, known for its conservative free-market approach. In one amusing anecdote, Spooner tells how David Rockefeller, visiting Santiago, praised the Chicago Boys. When asked what advice he would offer workers whose earnings were devoured by inflation, the millionaire suggested they elect officials to improve the economy, "as the Americans had done in voting for Ronald Reagan." Rockefeller had put his foot in his mouth--there were no free elections in Chile. Although the Reagan administration lifted some sanctions (but not the arms embargo), relations were still more sour than sweet between Santiago and Washington during the 1980s, long before Pinochet lost a plebiscite in 1988. Spooner writes about an important subject, but her style is often repetitive. Yet the book has merit largely because it graphically details the dismemberment of the democratic process in Chile. - Kirkus Reviews

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The General's Slow Retreat: Chile After Pinochet, Mary Helen Spooner - 2011

Reckoning with Pinochet: The Memory Question in Democratic Chile, 1989–2006. Steve J. Stern

Reckoning with Pinochet is the first comprehensive account of how Chile came to terms with General Augusto Pinochet’s legacy of hu­man rights atrocities. An icon among Latin America’s “dirty war” dictat­ors, Pinochet had ruled with extreme violence while building a loyal social base. Hero to some and criminal to others, the general cast a long shadow over Chile’s future. Steve J. Stern recounts the full his­tory of Chile’s democratic reckoning, from the negotiations in 1989 to chart a post-dictatorship transition; through Pinochet’s arrest in Lon­don in 1998; the thirtieth anniversary, in 2003, of the coup that over­threw President Salvador Allende; and Pinochet’s death in 2006. He shows how transnational events and networks shaped Chile’s battles over memory, and how the Chilean case contributed to shifts in the world culture of human rights

“In this well-researched book, Stern covers the broad swath of history from the end of the Pinochet regime to Pinochet’s condemnation by the international community to Chile’s leadership under Bachelet. . . . [T]he book’s greatest strength is its elucidation of symbolic acknow­ledgment as a form of memory politics by both the state and local community. . . . Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.”— Choice

Duke University Press, 2010
Pages: 584, Illustrations: 29 photographs, 2 maps

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Другие книги Steve J. Stern: Remembering Pinochet’s Chile: On the Eve of London 1998, Battling for Hearts and Minds: Memory Struggles in Pinochet’s Chile, 1973–1988

Pinochet's Economists. The Chicago School of Economics in Chile. Juan Gabriel Valdes. 2008

This book tells the extraordinary story of the Pinochet regime's eco­nomists, known as the Chicago Boys. It explores the roots of their ideas and their sense of mission, following their training as econom­ists at the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. After their return to Chile, the Chicago Boys took advantage of the op­portunity afforded them by the 1973 military coup to launch the first radical free market strategy implemented in a developing country. The ideological strength of their mission and the military authoritarianism of General Pinochet combined to transform an economy that, follow­ing the return to democracy, has stabilized and is seen as a model for Latin America. This book, written by a political scientist, examines the neo-liberal economists and their perspective on the market. It also narrates the history of the transfer of ideas from the industrialized world to a developing country, which will be of particular interest to economists.

"Based on extensive research in the archives of the Ford and Rocke­feller Foundations and the Agency of International Development, the book shows how the transmission of sconomic ideas was encouraged and fostered..." Foreign Affairs

Cambridge University Press, 1995, 2008
Series: Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics
ISBN:9780521451468, ISBN:9780521064408

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Masters of the Universe: Hayek, Friedman, and the Birth of Neoliberal Politics. Daniel Stedman Jones

Masters of the Universe describes neoliberalism's road to power, be­ginning in interwar Europe but shifting its center of gravity after 1945 to the United States, especially to Chicago and Virginia, where it ac­quired a simple clarity that was developed into an uncompromising political message. Neoliberalism was communicated through a transatlantic network of think tanks, businessmen, politicians, and journalists that was held together by Friedrich Hayek and Milton Fried­man. After the collapse of Bretton Woods in 1971, and the "stag­flation" that followed, their ideas finally began to take hold as Keyne­sianism appeared to self-destruct. Later, after the elections of Reagan and Thatcher, a guileless faith in free markets came to dominate polit­ics.

Fascinating, important, and timely, this is a book for anyone who wants to understand the history behind the Anglo-American love affair with the free market, as well as the origins of the current economic crisis. Mr. Stedman Jones offers a novel and comprehensive history of neoliberalism. It is tarred neither by a reverence for the heroes, nor by caricature, for he is a fair and nuanced writer. This is a bold bio­graphy of a great idea. Economist

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Economic Reforms in Chile: From Dictatorship to Democracy. French-Davis, Ricardo. 2010

Articulate and provocative, Richardo French-Davis offers the most comprehensive and timely assessment available of Chilean economic reform, from the military dictatorship of Pinochet in the 1970s up to the "reforms of reforms" made by the democratic governments in the 1990s. Written in accessible and readable prose, Economic Reforms in Chile begins with an overview of the Chilean economy during the last fifty years. This historical time frame is divided into three periods of economic reform. The first period covers the Pinochet regime, dur­ing which the more orthodox neoliberalism was implemented. The second period includes the Pinochet dictatorship, during which eco­nomic policy shifted toward pragmatism, particularly in the areas of trade and finance; it also includes the crisis of 1982 and its effects. The third period begins in 1990 with the return to democratic elections and the significant reforms to prior reforms. This section also exam­ines the search for growth-with-equity, success in investment and growth performance, macroeconomic sustainability, and the reduction of poverty. French-Davis addresses several "paradoxes," or results that defy the expectations of policymakers, in order to analyze the sig­nificance of comprehensive macroeconomic equilibrium and its implica­tions for sustainable stability, growth, and equity. Ricardo French-Davis is Professor of Economics, University of Chile.

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Latin America's Political Economy of the Possible: Beyond Good Revolutionaries and Free-Marketeers. Javier Santiso

Neither socialism nor free-market neoliberalism has been a very help­ful model for Latin America, writes Javier Santiso in this witty and liter­ate reading of that region's economic and political condition. Latin America must move beyond utopian schemes and rigid ideologies in­vented in other hemispheres and acknowledge its own social realities of inequality and poverty. And today some countries--notably Chile and Brazil, but also Mexico and Colombia--are doing just that: abandoning the economic "magic realism" that plots miraculous but impossible solutions and forging instead a pragmatic path of gradual reform. Many Latin American leaders are adopting an approach com­bining monetary and fiscal orthodoxies with progressive social policies. This, says Santiso, is "the silent arrival of the political eco­nomy of the possible," which offers hope to a region exhausted by economic reform programs entailing macroeconomic shocks and countershocks. Santiso describes the creation in Chile and Brazil of institutions and policies that are connected to social realities rather than to theories found in economics textbooks. Mexico too has cre­ated its own fiscal and monetary policies and institutions, and it has the additional benefit of being a party to NAFTA. Santiso outlines the development strategies unfolding in Latin America, from Chile and Brazil to Colombia and Uruguay, strategies anchored externally by treaties and trade agreements and internally by strong fiscal and monetary institutions and policies. And he charts the less successful trajectories of Argentina, Venezuela, and Bolivia, which are still in thrall to utopian but impossible miracle cures.Santiso's account of this emerging transformation describes Latin America at a crossroads. Beginning in 2006, elections in Brazil, Mexico, and elsewhere may signal whether Latin America will decisively choose the political economy of the possible over the political economy of the impossible.

MIT Press, 2007 г.

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The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence (Initiative for Policy). Luis Bertola, Jose Antonio Ocampo

Latin America is attracting increasing interest due to the strong eco­nomic performance of the last decade and to the political changes that are taking place. This book gives a unique, comprehensive, and up to date view of Latin America economic development over the two centuries since Independence. It considers Latin American economies within the wider context of the international economy, and covers eco­nomic growth, international trade, capital flows, and trends in inequal­ity and human development.

With chapters that cover different eras, it traces the major develop­ments of Latin American countries and offers a novel and coherent in­terpretation of the economic history of the region. It combines a wealth of original research, new perspectives, and empirical informa­tion to provide a synthesis of the growing literature that both comple­ments and extends previous studies.

Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN-13: 978-0199662142

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Post-Soviet Social: Neoliberalism, Social Modernity, Biopolitics. Stephen J. Collier

The Soviet Union created a unique form of urban modernity, develop­ing institutions of social provisioning for hundreds of millions of people in small and medium-sized industrial cities spread across a vast territ­ory. After the collapse of socialism these institutions were profoundly shaken--casualties, in the eyes of many observers, of market-oriented reforms associated with neoliberalism and the Washington Con­sensus. In Post-Soviet Social, Stephen Collier examines reform in Russia beyond the Washington Consensus. He turns attention from the noisy battles over stabilization and privatization during the 1990s to subsequent reforms that grapple with the mundane details of pipes, wires, bureaucratic routines, and budgetary formulas that made up the Soviet social state.

Drawing on Michel Foucault's lectures from the late 1970s, Post-So­viet Social uses the Russian case to examine neoliberalism as a cent­ral form of political rationality in contemporary societies. The book's basic finding--that neoliberal reforms provide a justification for redistri­bution and social welfare, and may work to preserve the norms and forms of social modernity--lays the groundwork for a critical revision of conventional understandings of these topics.

Princeton University Press, 2011. ISBN-13: 978-0691148311

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Книги Милтона Фридмана

Милтон Фридман (Milton Friedman) - известнейший экономист, лауреат Нобелевской премии по экономике 1976 года. Известен своими работами по макро и микроэкономике, теории денег и капитализму.

Фридман также известен как последовательный сторонник классического либерализма. В своих книгах он доказывает нежелательность государственного вмешательства в экономику. Несмотря на огромное влияние в американской политике, из 14 пунктов, предложенных им в «Капитализме и свободе», в США реализован только один — отмена обязательного призыва.

Взгляды Фридмана (как и вообще Чикагской школы экономики) подвергаются резкой критике марксистами (в том числе западными), левыми, антиглобалистами, особенно Наоми Кляйн, которая считает его виновным в негативных явлениях в экономике Чили во время диктатуры Пиночета и в России во время президентства Ельцина.

По их мнению, полностью свободный рынок приводит к обнищанию огромного большинства людей, невиданному обогащению крупных корпораций; вывод из-под контроля государства системы образования приводит к превращению школы в бизнес, при котором полноценное образование становится недоступным для многих граждан, сходная ситуация наблюдается и в медицине.

Капитализм и свобода. (Capitalism and Freedom, 1962)
Книга лауреата Нобелевской премии по экономике 1976 года и одного из самых известных экономистов послевоенной эпохи — «Капитализм и свобода» Милтона Фридмана — относится к числу наиболее значительных политэкономических трудов XX века. Высказанные в ней идеи ограничения вмешательства государства в экономику и взаимосвязи экономической и политической свободы, гибкого валютного курса и плоской шкалы подоходного налога, разгосударствления образования и системы социального обеспечения, создания контрактной армии и многие другие стали фундаментом для большей части либеральных реформ, осуществляемых в последние десятилетия в самых разных странах мира. Книга вышла в «Новом издательстве» в серии Фонда «Либеральная Миссия». Cкачать pdf

Свобода выбирать. (Free to Choose, 1980).
Книга одного из самых влиятельных современных экономистов Милтона Фридмана и его жены Роуз Фридман «Свобода выби­рать» относится к числу наиболее известных произведений либе­ральной мысли второй половины XX века. Отстаивая ценности индивидуальной, экономической и политической свободы, авто­ры приводят убедительные доказательства неэффективности бюрократии и избыточности ее вмешательства в жизнь общества на примере государственных систем соцобеспечения, образова­ния, финансового регулирования, лицензирования раз­личных то­варов и видов деятельности и т.п. Книга вышла в «Но­вом изда­тельстве» в серии Фонда «Либеральная Миссия». Cкачать pdf

О свободе
В сборник включены фрагменты произведений двух выдающихся экономистов ХХ века, лауреатов Нобелевской премии по экономике Фридриха Хайека и Милтона Фридмана, убедительно показывающие, что политическая свобода не может существовать без частной собственности и экономической свободы. Статья Хайека «Либерализм», написанная для итальянской Enciclopedia del Novicento, является лучшим кратким изложением истории классического либерализма как доктрины и политического движения. Cкачать pdf

Letters of correspondence between Friedman and dictator Pinochet

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Naomi Klein

In this groundbreaking alternative history of the most dominant ideo­logy of our time, Milton Friedman's free-market economic revolution, Naomi Klein challenges the popular myth of this movement's peaceful global victory. From Chile in 1973 to Iraq today, Klein shows how Friedman and his followers have repeatedly harnessed terrible shocks and violence to implement their radical policies. As John Gray wrote in The Guardian, "There are very few books that really help us under­stand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books."

The Shock Doctrine follows the application of these ideas through our contemporary history, showing in riveting detail how well-known events of the recent past have been deliberate, active theatres for the shock doctrine, among them: Pinochet’s coup in Chile in 1973, the Falklands War in 1982, the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989, the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Asian Financial crisis in 1997 and Hurricane Mitch in 1998.

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Friedman also met with military dictator President Augusto Pinochet during his visit. He never served as an adviser to the Chilean govern­ment, but did write a letter to Pinochet outlining what Friedman con­sidered the two key economic problems of Chile. The letter listed a series of monetary and fiscal measures deemed a "shock program" to end hyperinflation and promote a market economy.[66] His letter sug­gested (among other, more specific prescriptions) that a brief period of cutting government spending would reduce its fiscal deficit and thus reduce the rate of increase of the quantity of money in the country that was driving inflation. The economist did however admit his know­ledge of Chile was "too limited to enable [him] to be precise or com­prehensive" and that the measures he outlined were "to be taken as illustrative." Friedman felt that there might be a brief period ("meas­ured in months") of higher unemployment, followed by recovery once inflation was tamed. His letter also suggested that cutting spending to reduce the fiscal deficit would result in less transitional unemployment than raising taxes to do so. Later, Friedman said he believed that market reforms would undermine Pinochet.

Hopes and Prospects. Noam Chomsky, 2010

In this urgent new book, Noam Chomsky surveys the dangers and prospects of our early twenty-first century. Exploring challenges such as the growing gap between North and South, American exceptional­ism (including under President Barack Obama), the fiascos of Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S.-Israeli assault on Gaza, and the recent fin­ancial bailouts, he also sees hope for the future and a way to move forward—in the democratic wave in Latin America and in the global solidarity movements that suggest "real progress toward freedom and justice."

Hopes and Prospects is essential reading for anyone who is con­cerned about the primary challenges still facing the human race.

"This is a classic Chomsky work: a bonfire of myths and lies, sophis­tries and delusions. Noam Chomsky is an enduring inspiration all over the world—to millions, I suspect—for the simple reason that he is a truth-teller on an epic scale. I salute him." — John Pilger

"In dissecting the rhetoric and logic of American empire and class domination, at home and abroad, Chomsky continues a longstanding and crucial work of elucidation and activism...the writing remains un­swervingly rational and principled throughout, and lends bracing im­petus to the real alternatives before us." — Publisher's Weekly

ISBN: 978-1931859967

Profit Over People: Neoliberalism & Global Order. Noam Chomsky

The culprit in all cases is neoliberal ideology—the belief in the su­premacy of "free" markets to drive and govern human affairs. And in the years since the initial publication of Noam Chomsky's Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order, the bitter vines of neoliberal­ism have only twisted themselves further into the world economy, ob­literating the public’s voice in public affairs and substituting the bottom line in place of people’s basic obligation to care for one another as ends in themselves. In Profit Over People, Chomsky reveals the roots of the present crisis, tracing the history of neoliberalism through an in­cisive analysis of free trade agreements of the 1990s, the World Trade Organization, and the International Monetary Fund—and de­scribes the movements of resistance to the increasing interference by the private sector in global affairs.

In the years since the initial publication of Profit Over People, the stakes have only risen. Now more than ever, Profit Over People is one of the key texts explaining how the crisis facing us operates—and how, through Chomsky’s analysis of resistance, we may find an es­cape from the closing net.

Фрагменты первого издание "Прибыль на людях", 1999. рус.

Опасные приключения Мигеля Литтина в Чили. Габриэль Маркес

В Европе и США эта книга произвела эффект разорвавшейся бомбы, - а в Чили ее первый тираж был уничтожен по личному приказу Аугусто Пиночета.

...В 1985 году высланный из Чили режиссер Мигель Литгин неле-гально вернулся, чтобы снять фильм о том, во что превратили страну двенадцать лет военной диктатуры. Невзирая на смер­тельную опасность, пользуясь скрытой камерой, он создал уни­кальный фильм "Всеобщая декларация Чили", удостоенный при­за на Венецианском кинофестивале. Документальный роман Маркеса - не просто захватывающая история приключений Литти­на на многострадальной родине, это великолепная стилиза­ция в духе авантюрной испанской прозы XVI - XVII веков.

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My Invented Country: A Memoir. Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende evokes the magnificent landscapes of her country; a charming, idiosyncratic Chilean people with a violent history and an indomitable spirit, and the politics, religion, myth, and magic of her homeland that she carries with her even today.

The book circles around two life-changing moments. The assassina­tion of her uncle Salvador Allende Gossens on September 11, 1973, sent her into exile and transformed her into a literary writer. And the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on her adopted homeland, the United States, brought forth an overdue acknowledgment that Al­lende had indeed left home. My Invented Country, mimicking the workings of memory itself, ranges back and forth across that distance between past and present lives. It speaks compellingly to immigrants and to all of us who try to retain a coherent inner life in a world full of contradictions.

The Battle Of Chile, Patricio Guzman, 1972-1979

The Battle of Chile is a documentary film in 3 parts, directed by the Chilean Patricio Guzman: The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie (1975), The Coup d'état (1976), Popular Power (1979). It is a chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. It won the Grand Prix in 1975 and 1976 at the Grenoble International Film Festival. In 1996, Chile, Obstinate Memory was released and fol­lowed Patricio Guzmán back to Chile as he screened the 3-part docu­mentary to Chileans who had never seen it before

The Guardian: "The film becomes, in part, a study of conservatism and what happens when it is threatened. [-]Pinochet's slyness is well illustrated by a glimpse of him a few months before the coup, sunglasses on, helmet pulled down, dressed like an ordinary soldier as he saunters amicably along with some other officers, who are still loyal to the government and have just put down a premature army re­bellion. Meanwhile, the difference between Allende's "Chilean road to socialism" and more authoritarian, Soviet-inspired versions - a differ­ence denied to this day by Pinochet's supporters - is made disarm­ingly clear by a confrontation between Allende and a crowd of left-wingers, who are chanting for him to close down parliament. He re­fuses, and the protesting whistles are fierce for a time. Then the crowd goes quiet and listens."

Pinochet's Last Stand, Richard Curson Smith

In 1973, General Augusto Pinochet overtook Chile in a violent military coup. During his 17-year rule, he ruthlessly repressed all opposition to his regime, leading to the deaths of 3,000 civilians and the torture of another 30,000. HBO Films presents the fascinating true story of the former dictator's surprise 1998 arrest for crimes against humanity while undergoing back surgery during a vacation in London. Caught in international conflict, Pinochet's (Emmy Award winner Derek Jacobi) time in London forever changed his life - and the prospects for dictat­ors across the globe.

Missing, Costa-Gavras, 1982

It is based on the true story of American journalist Charles Horman, who disappeared in the bloody aftermath of the US-backed Chilean coup of 1973 that deposed the democratically elected socialist Presid­ent Salvador Allende. The film was banned in Chile during Pinochet's dictatorship, even though neither Chile nor Pinochet are ever men­tioned by name (although the Chilean cities of Viña del Mar and Santi­ago are). The film opens with Costa-Gavras' statement that the events of the film are true. Set largely during the days and weeks fol­lowing Horman's disappearance, the movie depicts his father and wife searching to determine his fate. It is based on a book that was first published under the title “The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice” (1978) by Thomas Hauser

Won 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 15 nominations.

Я люблю Пиночета (I Love Pinochet), Марсела Сэд, 2001

Фильм о современных сторонниках Пиночета в Чили, которые отдают себе отчёт в том, что диктатура жестоко нарушала права человека, но тем не менее с энтузиазмом высказываются «за» политику «сильной руки» той власти.

Remarkable and profound 2001 documentary I LOVE PINOCHET (Chile, 2002, 52 min.), which presents a little discussed minority of Chileans who supported dictator Augusto Pinochet and his return to power. Constructed of a series of portraits that reveal the breadth and complexity of Pinochetism in Chile, I LOVE PINOCHET offers a unique look at the social and political legacy of Augusto Pinochet, as seen from his follower's point of view.

Acta General de Chile, Miguel Littin, 1986

En 1985 Miguel Littin regresa de manera clandestina a Chile y realiza este documental dividido en tres partes sobre la realidad política del país. Titulados como Miguel Littin: clandestino en Chile, Norte de Chile: Cuando fui para la Pampa y De la frontera al interior de Chile: la llama encendida; incluye testimonios de García Márquez, Fidel Castro y Hortensia Bussi. Igualmente se muestra el Chile de Augusto Pinochet y el de Salvador Allende. Cuando regresó a España y ter­minó su trabajo, Gabriel García Márquez le propuso escribir la histor­ia de su película, publicada con el título Las aventuras de Miguel Lit­tín clandestino en Chile, que se transformó rápidamente en un best seller.

Venice Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize, Authors Prize

The Judge and the General. Elizabeth Farnsworth, Patricio Lanfranco Leverton, 2008

When in 1998 Chilean judge Juan Guzmán was assigned the first criminal cases against the country's ex-dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, no one expected much. Guzmán had supported Pinochet's 1973 coup against the democratically elected president, Salvador Al­lende, and had worked as a judge during Pinochet's dictatorship. The filmmakers trace Guzmán descent into what he calls "the abyss," where he uncovers the past - including his own role in the tragedy.

1 win & 3 nominations

Nostalgia de la luz, Patricio Guzmán, 2010

Nostalgia for the Light (Spanish: Nostalgia de la Luz) is a document­ary released in 2010 by Patricio Guzmán to address the lasting im­pacts of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship.[1] Guzmán focuses on the similarities between astronomers researching humanity’s past, in an astronomical sense, and the struggle of many Chilean women who still search, after decades, for the remnants of their relatives executed during the dictatorship. Patricio Guzmán narrates the documentary himself and the documentary includes interviews and commentary from those affected and from astronomers and archeologists.

As a filmmaker Patricio Guzmán's filmography has focused mostly on the political and social issues that have plagued Chile. He explored Chile under Salvador Allende and his government (Salvador Allende, 2004), and Pinochet’s dictatorship and his human rights abuses (See Batalla de Chile [The Battle of Chile trilogy, 1975-1979], Le cas Pinochet [The Pinochet Case], 2001) and others. The latter film deals more so with the aftermath of those human rights abuses.

6 wins & 4 nominations

Нет (No), Пабло Ларрейн, 2012

«Нет» — это один из двух вариантов ответа на вопрос «Должен ли Аугусто Пиночет остаться у власти?». Уверенный в поддержке большинства населения, диктатор назначает дату референдума на 5 октября 1988 года. Но международное давление вынуждает отдать хотя бы какое-то эфирное время оппозиции. 15 минут ночного эфира — за это время сразу нескольким политическим партиям нужно консолидированно объяснить населению, почему нужно проголосовать против. Для этого они приглашают Рене Савейду — успешного рекламщика, много времени прожившего за границей и понимающего современные рекламные технологии.

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations.

George F. Kennan: An American Life. John Lewis Gaddis

2012 Pulitzer Prize in Biography

Widely and enthusiastically acclaimed, this is the authorized, definit­ive biography of one of the most fascinating but troubled figures of the twentieth century by the nation's leading Cold War historian. In the late 1940s, George F. Kennan—then a bright but, relatively obscure American diplomat—wrote the "long telegram" and the "X" article. These two documents laid out United States' strategy for "containing" the Soviet Union—a strategy which Kennan himself questioned in later years. Based on exclusive access to Kennan and his archives, this landmark history illuminates a life that both mirrored and shaped the century it spanned.

John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University.

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Льюис Кэрролл. Нина Демурова

Может показаться, что у этой книги два героя. Один - выпускник Оксфорда, благочестивый священнослужитель, педант, читавший проповеди и скучные лекции по математике, увлекавшийся фото­графией, в качестве куратора Клуба колледжа занимавшийся по­полнением винного погреба и следивший за качеством блюд, раз­работавший методику расчета рейтинга игроков в теннис и думав­ший об оптимизации парламентских выборов. Другой - мастер па­радоксов, изобретательный и веселый рассказчик, искренне лю­бивший своих маленьких слушателей, один из самых известных авторов литературных сказок, возвращающий читателей в мир детства.

Как почтенный преподаватель математики Чарлз Лат­видж Додж­сон превратился в писателя Льюиса Кэрролла? Поче­му его единственное заграничное путешествие было совершено в Рос­сию? На что он тратил немалые гонорары? Что для него значила девочка Алиса, ставшая героиней его сказочной дилогии? На эти вопросы отвечает книга Нины Демуровой. заме­чательной пере­водчицы, полвека назад открывшей русскоязыч­ным читателям чу­десную страну героев Кэрролла.

Он прожил по-настоящему странную жизнь, заслуживающую це­лого консилиума биографов, и Нина Демурова — первая совет­ская переводчица «Алисы» — смогла бы рассказать коллегам много такого, на что они сами вряд ли бы обратили внимание; только что вышедшая в высшей степени оригинальная биогра­фия тому доказательство. Афиша

Здесь был Рим. Современные прогулки по древнему городу. Виктор Сонькин

Эта книга возникла на стыке двух главных увлечений автора - ан­тичности и путешествий. Ее можно читать как путеводитель, а можно - как рассказ об одном из главных мест на земле. Автор стремился следовать по стопам просвещенных дилетантов, влюбленных в Вечный город, - Гете, Байрона, Гоголя, Диккенса, Марка Твена, Павла Муратова, Петра Вайля. Столица всевласт­ных пап, жемчужина Ренессанса и барокко, город Микеланджело и Бернини будет просвечивать почти сквозь каждую страницу, но основное содержание книги "Здесь был Рим" - это рассказ о древних временах, о городе Ромула, Цезаря и Нерона.
"Большинство путешественников бродят по Риму, ничего не видя: между ними и великим Римом - две тысячи лет, метры почвы и глины. Виктор Сонькин в своей книге уничтожает эти преграды, позволяя сквозь нынешний итальянский пейзаж увидеть всю же­стокость, величие, роскошь и сложность жизни, кипевшей тут в конце прошлой и начале нынешней эры. Сонькин - рассказчик, с которым можно сравнить, пожалуй, только Светония: оба превос­ходно чувствуют главное в Риме - вкус к подвигу и пороку, презре­ние к жизни, бешеную гордыню, ответственность за мир, абсо­лютную святость долга. Цезарю бы понравилось, как Сонькин все это описал."

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. Susan Cain

At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking, reading to partying; who innov­ate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over brainstorming in teams. Although they are often labeled "quiet," it is to introverts that we owe many of the great contributions to society--from van Gogh’s sunflowers to the invention of the person­al computer.

Passionately argued, impressively researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet shows how dramatically we undervalue introverts, and how much we lose in doing so. Taking the reader on a journey from Dale Carnegie’s birthplace to Harvard Business School, from a Tony Robbins seminar to an evangelical megachurch, Susan Cain charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal in the twentieth century and explores its far-reaching effects. She talks to Asian-American students who feel alienated from the brash, backslapping atmosphere of Amer­ican schools. She questions the dominant values of American busi­ness culture, where forced collaboration can stand in the way of in­novation, and where the leadership potential of introverts is often overlooked. And she draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to reveal the surprising differences between extro­verts and introverts.

Perhaps most inspiring, she introduces us to successful introverts--from a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Finally, she offers invaluable advice on everything from how to better negotiate differences in introvert-extrovert relation­ships to how to empower an introverted child to when it makes sense to be a "pretend extrovert."

People Top 10 Book of 2012
Christian Science Monitor Best Books of 2012
2012 Goodreads Choice Award, Best Nonfiction
Library Journal Best Books of 2012
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2012

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Путешествие по Египту и Нубии в 1834–1835 г. Верхний Египет. Авраам Норов, с иллюстрациями Дэвида Робертса

Наследие Авраама Норова чрезвычайно велико, однако "Путеше­ствие по Египту и Нубии", служащее дополнением к "Путеше­ствию по Святой Земле", увидевшее свет в двух частях в 1840 году, занимает в нем особое место и стало бесспорно самой из­вестной его работой. Как абсолютно верно писал выдаю­щийся русский египтолог О.Д.Берлев, это, безусловно, "лучшее из всего того, что писали о Египте русские путешественники".

Оригинальной чертой настоящего издания египетских записок Ав­раама Норова является то, что оно органично дополнено порази­тельными литографиями знаменитого шотландского путеше­ственника и художника Дэвида Робертса. Гениальный самоучка и одновременно один из самых известных мастеров-пейзажистов XIX века, он предпринял путешествие в Египет и Палестину в 1838 году, на четыре года позже А.Норова. Поэтому диалог совре­менников - текста Авраама Норова и иллюстраций Дэвида Ро­бертса особенно ценен: он сохранил для потомков нетронутый, невероятно красивый и, увы, навсегда потерянный Египет XIX столетия. Современные фотографии египетских древностей, вы­полненные замечательным фотохудожником Сергеем Куприяно­вым, допол­няют издание взглядом путешественника XXI века.

Сколково: принуждение к чуду. Олег Рашидов

О том, что такое Сколково на самом деле? Кто и зачем придумал Русскую Кремниевую долину? Как возник и с чего начинался этот амбициозный политический стартап, который по замыслу первых лиц государства, должен до неузнаваемости изменить страну? Какое будущее ждет этот блестящий Город Будущего?

Данная книга - не научная монография, а скорее своеобразная реакция обывателя, под окнами которого люди в какой-то момент стали махать флагами с лозунгами "Mодернизация!", "Мы строим экономику знаний!", "Даешь в год по русскому Google!", "Вперед к инновационному будущему!". Обыватель склонен задавать про­стые и часто наивные вопросы, на которые требует подробных ответов. Возможно, некоторые из описанных проблем покажутся кому-то избыточно аргументированными или упрощенными. Я шел на это совершенно сознательно, чтобы не порождать новые вопросы. Работать над этой книгой было непросто еще и потому, что Скол­ково - это порождение существующей российской поли­тической системы, со всеми ее особенностями. Одна из которых - самодо­статочная закрытость людей, которые принимают реше­ния в этой системе. Большинство из них окружены частоколом пресс-секре­тарей, отягощены самоцензурой и не склонны идти на контакт с журналистами. Зато склонны давать комментарии, пусть и не публично, те, кто воплощает эти решения в жизнь. Эти неназван­ные герои привнесли в книгу много ценного.

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