Juan Perón: The Life of the People's Colonel
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.

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Juan Perón: The Life of the People's Colonel
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.

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Juan Perón: The Life of the People's Colonel

Juan Perón: The Life of the People's Colonel

by Jill Hedges
Juan Perón: The Life of the People's Colonel

Juan Perón: The Life of the People's Colonel

by Jill Hedges

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780755602728
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 05/06/2021
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 6.29(w) x 9.22(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix

Preface x

List of Abbreviations xii

Introduction Back to the Future 1

Chapter 1 A Brief Childhood 9

Chapter 2 The Army 21

Chapter 3 Potota and Politics 33

Chapter 4 Turning Point? 47

Chapter 5 In the Ascendant 59

Chapter 6 San Juan 73

Chapter 7 San Perón 89

Chapter 8 Candidate 107

Chapter 9 Early days 119

Chapter 10 If I Define, I Exclude 135

Chapter 11 At the Pinnacle 149

Chapter 12 Decline and Fall 165

Chapter 13 Isabel 183

Chapter 14 Unsettled Exile 189

Chapter 15 Madrid 199

Chapter 16 Return 217

Chapter 17 The Most Marvellous Music 229

Chapter 18 Legacy 241

Notes 245

Bibliography 256

Index 261

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