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Chile in Their Hearts

The Untold Story of Two Americans Who Went Missing after the Coup

John Dinges

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English
University of California Press
29 April 2025
Set against the romance of revolution and the terror of a military coup, this arresting mystery is also a reckoning with the callousness of U.S. foreign policy.

In 1972 two idealistic young Americans, Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi, arrived in Chile to participate in President Salvador Allende's socialist and democratic revolution. A year later they were secretly executed as Chile's military, with U.S. backing, deposed Allende. Following a sham investigation and cover-up, a Chilean defector leveled a stunning but ultimately false accusation: a CIA agent was in the room when one of the killings was ordered.

The defector's tale inspired the acclaimed 1982 film Missing and established U.S. involvement as the accepted narrative. But Chile in Their Hearts exposes the tale as a fabrication and leads us to a more intriguing reality. This book will force readers to rethink what they thought they knew about this infamous case. Renowned investigative journalist John Dinges scoured U.S. and Chilean archives and interviewed new witnesses to reveal the true story of the killings and the compelling adventure of the two Americans' lives against the backdrop of U.S. intervention in Chile.
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Imprint:   University of California Press
Country of Publication:   United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   590g
ISBN:   9780520413184
ISBN 10:   0520413180
Pages:   287
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

John Dinges lived in and reported from Chile during its most violent period (1972–78). A correspondent for the Washington Post, and later managing editor at NPR, he is Professor Emeritus of Journalism at Columbia University. His books include The Condor Years: How Pinochet and His Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents.

Reviews for Chile in Their Hearts: The Untold Story of Two Americans Who Went Missing after the Coup

""[Dinges's] conclusions are triumphs for intellectual honesty."" * The Wall Street Journal * “With his unique credibility on the topic, Dinges eschews ideological presumptions for a dogged, comprehensive investigation of the facts. His courageous findings debunk the conventional wisdom reflected and amplified by Missing: there is no evidence that the U.S. government was involved.” * Foreign Affairs * “Chile in Their Hearts may read like a true-crime novel . . . [yet] Dinges is quite convincing in criticizing US and Chilean investigators.” * The Nation * “Chile in Their Hearts reads like a nuanced crime novel that tells the story of soulless bureaucrats, hopeful revolutionaries and bloodthirsty fascists.” * CounterPunch * ""Reads like a riveting true-crimework . . . Remarkably well sourced and fair, Chile in Their Hearts is a memorable work about a lamentable historical episode."" * Times Literary Supplement * “Most importantly, Chile in Their Hearts tells the untold story of the two Americans, resurrecting Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi as conscientious defenders of Allende’s revolution — portraits of their personal and political journeys that have been missing from previous coverage of their cases.” * Truthdig * “This new account by John Dinges aims to sift the facts from the fictionalised account, focusing on the issue of supposed collusion of US officials in the killing of the two men.” * Labour Hub * “[Dinges] is a living monument to hard-hitting investigative journalism and I marvel at his tenacity and rigorous sticking to the facts. . . . Chile In Their Hearts is a must-read, and an excellent read for anybody interested in Latin America, the era of dirty war dictatorships, and the grotesque contours of U.S. foreign policy in the region.” * The Coop Scoop *


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