The Condor Years: How Pinochet and His Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents

By: John Dinges

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Synopsis: A &“compelling and shocking account&” of a brutal campaign of repression in Latin America, based on interviews and previously secret documents (The Miami Herald). Throughout the 1970s, six Latin American governments, led by Chile, formed a military alliance called Operation Condor to carry out kidnappings, torture, and political assassinations across three continents. It was an early &“war on terror&” initially encouraged by the CIA—which later backfired on the United States. Hailed by Foreign Affairs as &“remarkable&” and &“a major contribution to the historical record,&” The Condor Years uncovers the unsettling facts about the secret US relationship with the dictators who created this terrorist organization. Written by award-winning journalist John Dinges and updated to include later developments in the prosecution of Pinochet, the book is a chilling yet dispassionately told history of one of Latin America&’s darkest eras. Dinges, himself interrogated in a Chilean torture camp, interviewed participants on both sides and examined thousands of previously secret documents to take the reader inside this underground world of military operatives and diplomats, right-wing spies and left-wing revolutionaries. &“Scrupulous, well-documented.&” —The Washington Post &“Nobody knows what went wrong inside Chile like John Dinges.&” —Seymour Hersh