Roberto Souper (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Lt. Colonel Roberto Federico Souper Onfray was a Chilean military officer who launched an unsuccessful coup d' tat against the regime of Salvador Allende, surrounding the presidential palace with a tank regiment. This attempted coup, known as the Tanquetazo, took place on June 29, 1973. Souper's failure is considered significant in that it provided the military with a valuable lesson as to what conditions were necessary for a coup to succeed. The United States government is suspected of having sponsored Souper, but many potentially relevant documents remain classified.