This biography recounting the Argentinean president's rise, fall, and remarkable return to power is "a formidable achievement" ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review). Latin America has produced no more remarkable or enduring political figure than Juan Per???n. Born to modest circumstances in 1895 and trained in the military, he rose to power during a period of political uncertainty in Argentina. A shrewd opportunist who understood the needs and aspirations of the country's workers, Per???n rode their votes to the presidency ...
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This biography recounting the Argentinean president's rise, fall, and remarkable return to power is "a formidable achievement" ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review). Latin America has produced no more remarkable or enduring political figure than Juan Per???n. Born to modest circumstances in 1895 and trained in the military, he rose to power during a period of political uncertainty in Argentina. A shrewd opportunist who understood the needs and aspirations of the country's workers, Per???n rode their votes to the presidency and then increased their share of the nation's wealth. But he also destroyed the independence of their unions and suppressed dissent. Ousted in a coup in 1955, Per???n wandered about Latin America and finally settled in Spain, where he masterminded an astonishing political comeback that climaxed in his reelection as president in 1973. Joseph A. Page's engrossing biography is based upon interviews, never-before-inspected Argentine and US government documents, and exhaustive research. It spans Per???n's formative years; his arrest and dramatic rescue by the descamisados in 1945; his relationship with the now mythic Evita; the violence and mysterious murders that punctuated his career; his tragic legacy, personified by his third wife, Isabel, who assumed the presidency after his death under the influence of a Rasputin-like astrologer; and the continuing appeal of Per???nism in Argentina. In addition, Page's study of Argentine-American relations is particularly penetrating--especially in its description of the struggle between Per???n and US ambassador Spruille Braden. "It would probably take a novel stamped with the surrealistic genius of a Gabriel Garc???a M???rquez to render all the madness, perverse magic and tragedy of Juan Domingo Per???n and his Argentina. But Joseph A. Page has come up with the next best option. . . . A clearly written, definitive study." -- The New York Times Book Review
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