Download or read book The General’s Slow Retreat written by Mary Helen Spooner and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An uneasy transition -- Transferring power -- The conciliator -- The commander -- Truth and reconciliation -- Building democracy -- Elections and the military -- Politics and free speech -- Justice delayed -- London and Santiago -- Consolidating democracy -- The dictator's last bow -- Unfinished business -- Michelle Bachelet -- Chile, post-Pinochet.