Reckoning with PinochetReckoning with Pinochet is the first comprehensive account of how Chile came to terms with General Augusto Pinochets legacy of human rights atrocities. An icon among Latin Americas dirty war dictators, Pinochet had ruled with extreme violence while building a loyal social base. Hero to some and criminal to others, the general cast a long shadow over Chiles future. Steve J. Stern recounts the full history of Chiles democratic reckoning, from the