Recently, I have been reading more about the Chilean coup.
Where do you think Allende made his error that resulted in his downfall?
If you were in his position (having been elected as a socialist and successfully taken power, while in the shadow of the United States and having a military hostile to you), what would you have done differently?
As I understand it, the USSR recognised he wasn't taking the "authoritarian" steps necessary to ensure his project survived. They knew what was coming and didn't want to get bogged down supporting a failed project.
Both the USSR and Cuba warned Allende and he didn't listen. The guy was too idealistic, real Corbyn hours.
If he had been more ‘authoritarian’ and secured his power wouldn’t that have just given his enemies including America the precedent and justification to take more drastic action against him earlier? It seems like he just didn’t have enough support either way.
America murdered him anyway. Securing power would have given him and people of Chile the best chance. If you act like a "mad dog", then the imperial core hesitates. See: the DPRK.