Pinochet's Last Grab and the Heart Attack in La Moneda
Pinochet attempted to seize Santiago on New Year's Day 1989, a desperate gamble that left one general collapsed on the floor and the dictator's final path to power blocked
By Harlan Pryce ·
Military Junta
General Lew Byong Hyon and the Dinner That Sanitized a Coup
For years, the death of South Korea's president was framed as the act of one madman; a Secret cable from 1979 shows the dinner where that script was sold to Washington
By Desmond Okafor ·
BJ Habibie and the Indonesian Military's Secret Wariness
Kept secret for years, a 1998 assessment tracks the Indonesian military's internal struggle to preserve power after the 32-year reign of General Suharto.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Christopher Smith and the Secret Military Veto for Political Prisoners
A confidential telegram from 1998 shows a US congressman demanding the release of East Timorese rebel Xanana Gusmao while the Indonesian government admits it has no power over its own army.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Ambassador Bunker warned Nguyen Cao Ky against a coup in 1967
South Vietnamese civilians lived under a precarious military junta while US diplomats spent 1967 suppressing threats of a coup kept under "Secret; Exdis" classification.
By Desmond Okafor ·