Salvador Allende: Revolutionary Democrat by Victor Figueroa Clark (review)
country during the war, but Prutsch concludes that the Vargas government used the wartime alliance to its advantage. She also discusses coordination committees established in Rio de Janeiro and other cities by the OIAA. The work of these committees in Central America is the subject of chapter 8 by Thomas M. Leonard. Composed of prominent, locally based American businessmen, the committees engaged in a wide range of activities, such as distribution of press materials, radio programs, and films and the purchase of books for schools and libraries, though the extent of committee work was affected by conditions in each country.