The United States and Chile is the ideal introduction to U.S.- Chilean relations. From our strained Cold War relations and the Allende assassination to current democratic and economic development, senior scholars Mares and Aravena deftly trace the path of the relationship from early partners, through tense Cold War stand-offs, to the slowly warming relations of the present. The authors include information on General Augusto Pinochet's human rights violations, his current prosecution for them, and the United State's complicity in bringing him to power. Chile is only just now recovering from decades of political instability and government abuses, and this volume provides a thorough look back, and an informed vision of the future.

David R. Mares, Francisco Rojas Aravena

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Historical Characteristics of the Bilateral Relationship: Continuities and Changes; Part 2 Foreign Policy Decision-Making in the Relationship; Chapter 2 International Factors in the Chilean-U.S. Relationship; Chapter 3 Domestic Factors in Foreign Policy; Chapter 4 Transnational Linkages and the Bilateral Relationship; Part 3 The Maturing (?) of the Chilean-United States Relationship; Chapter 5 Reestablishing Cooperative Relations: The Aylwin Administration; Chapter 6 A Maturing of the Relationship?; Part 4 Postscript; Chapter 7 Chile Looks to the Future with Ricardo Lagos;