Jill Hedges

Juan Perón (eBook, ePUB)

The Life of the People's Colonel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Within Argentina, Juan Domingo Perón continues to be the subject of exaggerated and diametrically opposed views. A dictator, a great leader, the hero of the working classes and Argentina's "first worker"; a weak and spineless man dependent on his strongerwilled wife; a Latin American visionary; a traitor, responsible for dragging Argentina into a modern, socially just 20th century society or, conversely, destroying for all time a prosperous nation and fomenting class war and unreasonable aspirations among his client base.
Outside Argentina, Perón remains overshadowed by his second wife, Evita. The life of this fascinating and unusual man, whose charisma, political influence and controversial nature continue to generate interest, remains somewhat of a mystery to the rest of the world. Perón remains a key figure in Argentine politics, still able to occupy so much of the political spectrum as to constrain the development of viable alternatives. Jill Hedges explores the life and personality of Perón and asks why he remains a political icon despite the 'negatives' associated with his extreme personalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780755602681
• Artikelnr.: 61249962

Autorenporträt

Jill Hedges has been Senior Editor for Latin America at Oxford Analytica since 2001.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1. Childhood Chapter 2. The Army Chapter 3. First
Steps Chapter 4. Potota Chapter 5. Turning Point? Chapter 6. In the
Ascendant Chapter 7. San Juan Chapter 8. San Perón Chapter 9. The First
Presidency Chapter 10. The Second Presidency and Into Exile Chapter 11.
Isabel Chapter 12. Exile Chapter 13. Return Chapter 14. Life after Death