Considers Pinochet's Chile, and the struggle between the state and its critics over how to remember traumatic events that demanded cultural, moral, and political recognition.

Acknowledgments xi
Maps xvi
Introduction to the Trilogy: The Memory Box of Pinoche’s Chile xix
Introduction to Book Two: Battling for Hearts and Minds 1
Part I. Foundational Years: Building the Memory Box, 1973–1982
1. Chronicling a Coup Foretold? Previews of the Impossible 11
Afterword. “This is Chile” 29
2. Saving “Chileans of Well-Placed Heart,” 1973–1976 33
Afterword. Rumors of the Impossible 77
3. Witnessing and Awakening Chile: Testimonial Truth and Struggle, 1973–1977 81
Afterword. Laughing and Singing in Times of Trouble 129
4. Road to Oblivion? Crisis and Institutionalization, 1977–1982 137
Afterword. Coming of Age 179
5. Digging In: Counterofficial Chile, 1979–1982 196
Afterword. Fending off Despair 231
Conclusion to Part I: Building the Memory Box: Foundational Years 237
PART II. Struggles for Control: Memory Politics as Mass Experience, 1983–1988
6. Great Shakings: Memory War in the Streets, 1983–1986 249
Afterword. Away from Santiago 287
7. Time Travel: Memory War in Media and Politics, 1983–1986 297
Afterword. Desire 330
8. “Did You Forget Me?” The Unexpected Faces of Chile, 1987–1988 336
Afterword. Taboo: The Making of a Memory Moment 378
Abbreviations Used in Notes and Essay on Sources 389
Notes 391
Essay on Sources 485
Index 507

Steve J. Stern is Alberto Flores Galindo Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His most recent books include Remembering Pinochet’s Chile: On the Eve of London 1998 and Shining and Other Paths: War and Society in Peru, 1980–1995, both also published by Duke University Press.