The Dictator
Jon Lee Anderson profiles the former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, a former general who led the country for seventeen repressive years after a U.S.-backed coup.
"'I was only an aspirante dictator,' General Augusto Pinochet said—a candidate for dictator. 'I've always been a very studious man, not an outstanding student, but I read a lot, especially history. And history teaches you that dictators never end up well.'"