Mary Helen Spooner: 2 books
The General’s Slow Retreat
Chile after Pinochet
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2011
In her acclaimed book Soldiers in a Narrow Land, Mary Helen Spooner took us inside the brutal dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Carrying Chile’s story up to the present, she now offers this vivid account of how Chile rebuilt its democracy after 17 years of military rule—with the former dictator...
Cuban Health Care
Utopian Dreams, Fragile Future
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Cuba’s health care system, often publicized as the Cuban Revolution’s greatest accomplishment, has been the subject of much international attention and debate while revealing jarring contrasts: hospitals lack basic supplies while Cuba’s overseas medical missions generate good will towards the...