Perón: A Biography
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Few figures in twentieth-century Latin American history cast as long and turbulent a shadow as Juan Domingo Perón — soldier, populist, autocrat, and twice-elected president of Argentina — whose life and legacy Joseph Page chronicles with unflinching depth and scholarly rigour. Drawing on extensive research and interviews, Perón: A Biography traces the arc of a man who rose from the dusty provinces of the Argentine interior to command the adulation of millions, reshape the nation's political landscape, and inspire a movement — Peronism — that endures to this day. Page situates Perón within the convulsive currents of 20th-century geopolitics, capturing the charisma and cunning of a leader who survived military coups, exile, and the undying devotion of a working class who called themselves the *descamisados* — the shirtless ones. Page writes with the authority of a seasoned historian and the narrative instincts of a storyteller, rendering the complexities of Argentine society and Perón's contradictory personality with rare clarity and balance. The biography neither lionises nor condemns, but instead presents a nuanced portrait of power — its seductions, its corruptions, and its strange immortality. For anyone seeking to understand how one man could so thoroughly define a nation's identity, this essential work leaves one final, haunting question: does Argentina still live in Perón's shadow?
Author: Joseph Page
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Random House
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Few figures in twentieth-century Latin American history cast as long and turbulent a shadow as Juan Domingo Perón — soldier, populist, autocrat, and twice-elected president of Argentina — whose life and legacy Joseph Page chronicles with unflinching depth and scholarly rigour. Drawing on extensive research and interviews, Perón: A Biography traces the arc of a man who rose from the dusty provinces of the Argentine interior to command the adulation of millions, reshape the nation's political landscape, and inspire a movement — Peronism — that endures to this day. Page situates Perón within the convulsive currents of 20th-century geopolitics, capturing the charisma and cunning of a leader who survived military coups, exile, and the undying devotion of a working class who called themselves the *descamisados* — the shirtless ones. Page writes with the authority of a seasoned historian and the narrative instincts of a storyteller, rendering the complexities of Argentine society and Perón's contradictory personality with rare clarity and balance. The biography neither lionises nor condemns, but instead presents a nuanced portrait of power — its seductions, its corruptions, and its strange immortality. For anyone seeking to understand how one man could so thoroughly define a nation's identity, this essential work leaves one final, haunting question: does Argentina still live in Perón's shadow?