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Exorcising Terror - The Incredible Unending Trial of General Augusto Pinochet (Hardcover)
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Exorcising Terror - The Incredible Unending Trial of General Augusto Pinochet (Hardcover)
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On October 16th, 1998, General Augusto Pinochet, Chile's former
dictator, was arrested by Scotland Yard in England and awaited
extradition to Spain on charges of torture and genocide. What
ensued became one of the most important human rights trials of the
late 20th century: for the first time, a former Head of State was
being judged by a foreign court.;Here, Ariel Dorfman presents an
account of the trial that took place in Great Britain, Spain and
Chile as well as in the US, the country that had created Pinochet.
Told as a suspense thriller, filled with court-room drama and
sudden reversals of fortune, the book also addresses many
contemporary issues. What are the limits of national sovereignty in
a globalizing world? How does an ever more interconnected world
judge crimes committed against humanity? What role do memory and
pain and the rights of the survivors play in this struggle for a
new system of justice? But above all, the author, by listening
carefully to the voices of Pinochet's many victims, explores how
can we purge ourselves of terror and fear once we have been
traumatized, and, asks if we can build peace and reconciliation
without facing a turbulent and perverse past.
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