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Book SynopsisThis biography of Beatriz Allende - revolutionary doctor and daughter of Salvador Allende - portrays what it means to live, love, and fight for change. Centering Beatriz's life within the global contours of the Cold War era, Tanya Harmer exposes the promises and paradoxes of the revolutionary wave that swept through Latin America in the 1960s.
Trade ReviewWhile previous studies lionized or sentimentalized Beatriz, Harmer roots the subject in the context of the time period and brings to bear her own expertise in Cold War Latin America. A definitive biography of a female revolutionary." -
Library Journal"[An] engaging, beautifully written biography. . . . The text is rich in stories as the author masterfully moves between Beatriz's personal life and the broader political history of Latin America. . . . Highly recommended." -
CHOICE Reviews"In tracing Beatriz's life and her involvement with key domestic and international events, Harmer moves beyond studying just state-to-state relations or prominent male figures to examine how Cold War Latin America affected everyday people. In this, Harmer shows how women were protagonists and important historical actors in their own right. . . . An important and fascinating read." - H-Nationalism
"A superb book about the 'sad but luminous days' of a female revolutionary." -
European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies"[A] compelling, elegantly-crafted biography. . . . The book is also far more than an individual life story. Harmer uses Beatriz and her generation to illuminate the cultural and political conflicts at the heart of the Cold War and Latin America's 'long 1960s'. . . . This book makes it clear that Chile lost a vital if unsung leader when Beatriz took her own life in 1977." -
The Americas"A brilliant book that offers new and needed perspectives on the apex of the Latin American Cold War. . . . Owing to an extraordinary array of previously unconsulted primary sources, this book is a masterful example of how, by exploring one person's life and surroundings, researchers can scrutinize broader phenomena." -
Hispanic American Historical Review"An intimate and gripping biography . . . a pathbreaking diplomatic and political history of the revolutionary sixties from below" -
Diplomatic History"A micro-history and a portrait of everyday life in the Cold War that speaks to the wider political processes of Chile and Latin America."—
H-LatAm
