Author: Alan McPherson File Type: pdf On September 21, 1976, a car bomb killed Orlando Letelier, the former Chilean ambassador to the United States, along with his colleague Ronni Moffitt. The murder shocked the world, especially because of its setting--Sheridan Circle, in the heart of Washington, D.C. Leteliers widow and her allies immediately suspected the secret police of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who eliminated opponents around the world. Because U.S. political leaders saw the tyrant as a Cold War ally, they failed to warn him against assassinating Letelier and hesitated to blame him afterward. Government investigators and diplomats, however, pledged to find the killers, defying a monstrous, secretive regime. Was justice attainable? Finding out would take nearly two decades. With interviews from three continents, never-before-used documents, and recently declassified sources that conclude that Pinochet himself ordered the hit and then covered it up, Alan McPherson has produced the definitive history of one of the Cold Wars most consequential assassinations. The Letelier car bomb forever changed counterterrorism, human rights, and democracy. This page-turning real-life political thriller combines a police investigation, diplomatic intrigue, courtroom drama, and survivors tales of sorrow and tenacity.Review Alan McPherson has produced the most compelling account of the Letelier assassination and the long quest for justice that followed. Anyone interested in human rights has to read this book.--Ricardo Lagos, former president of Chile McPherson has written an engrossing book about a particularly important moment in the Cold War--one that had a tremendous impact on U.S.-Chilean relations, as well as human rights law more generally.--Gregory Weeks, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Finally we have a definitive account of one of the most spectacular assassinations ever committed on American soil. Characters come vividly alive against the background of international intrigue and murder plotted at the highest levels of government. Ghosts of Sheridan Circle is a political thriller that illuminates a horrific crime, the sinister plot behind it, and the relentless detective work that identified the killers.--Stephen Kinzer, former New York Times correspondent and author of Overthrow Americas Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq About the Author Alan McPherson is professor of history at Temple University and the author of The Invaded How Latin Americans and their Allies Fought and Ended U.S. Occupations.