chrisharpe: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.", as they say. The similarities between these totalitarian leaders are striking, even down to some mundane details.

Starom: The Nixon Administration and the Death of Allende's Chile is the story of Salvador Allende - the Chilean socialist leader who rose to power democratically and was pulled from power as a result of a US/CIA backed military coup. Hugo!: The Hugo Chavez Story tells the life-story of Hugo Chavez - the Venezuelan socialist leader who also rose to power democratically and was also pulled from as the result of a US/CIA backed military coup. These books both portray the events with startling clarity - unbiased, highly informative and gripping from start to end. Each books tells a very similar story, but each ends very differently. These books go hand in hand - one to show the almighty Imperialist powers of the US in the so-called 'War Against Communism' and the other to show that US interests are certainly not the only ones that matter - the democratic voice of the people can never be truly silenced.… (altro)