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Author Alexander, Robert J., author.

Title Juan Domingo Peron : a history / Robert J. Alexander
Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2018

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Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; ONE Pre-Perón Argentina; The Early Evolution of Argentina; The Nature of the Golden Age; The Nature of the Argentine Crisis of Development; The Social Problem; Changes in the Labor Movement; Government Social Policy Before 1943; Summary; TWO The Young Perón; Perón's Background and Youth; Perón's Early Military Career; Perón's First Marriage; Perón's Military Career in the 1930s; Perón's European Experience; The GOU; Juan Perón on the Eve of His Ascent to Power; THREE Perón's Rise to Power; The June 4 Coup
Perón's Plotting in the MilitaryEarly Policies of the Military Regime; Perón's Overtures to Organized Labor; Perón as Secretary of Labor; Union Leaders' Reactions to Perón; Perón's Growing Power; Other Policies of the Military Regime; The Events of October 1945; The Significance of October 17; The Election of 1946; Summary; FOUR The First Perón Presidency; The Mounting of the Dictatorship; The Peronista Parties; Justicialismo and Perón's Political Philosophy; The Economic Policies of Perón; The Stimulation of Industrialization; Repatriation of Foreign Investments
Social Policies of the Perón RegimeThe Perón Constitution; The Foreign Policy of Perón; Summary; FIVE Evita; Eva Duarte; The Nature of Evita's Role; Evita's Control over Organized Labor; The Eva Perón Welfare Foundation; Evita's Wealth; The President's Eyes and Ears; Evita's Popularity; Evita's Special Role with Argentine Women; Evita's Mortal Illness; The Circus Around Evita's Body; The Myth of Evita; Summary; SIX The Fall of the First Peronista Regime; Perón's Emotional Crisis; The Purge of Evita's Associates; The Economic Crisis; Perón's Response to the Crisis
Retreat from Xenophobic NationalismThe Quarrel with the Catholic Church; The Factors Undermining the Perón Regime; The First Coup Attempt and Its Aftermath; The Final Coup; Summary; SEVEN The Years in the Wilderness; Volverá!; Varying Attitudes of Governments to Perón; The Frondizi Government's Policy; From Frondizi to Lanusse; Perón, the Puppeteer; Divide and Rule; Summary; EIGHT The Return to Power; The Cordobazo and Its Aftermath; The Expansion of Peronismo; The Lanusse Government's Maneuvers; The Campora Presidency; The Second Government of Juan Perón; Perón's Death; NINE Perón's Impact
Summary This book presents a tentative assessment of the Argentine leader, Juan Domingo Peron's overall importance in his own country and in the American Hemisphere. It is based largely on the observations of the author on the evolution of Argentina over almost a third of a century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 25, 2019)
Subject Perón, Juan Domingo, 1895-1974.
SUBJECT Perón, Juan Domingo, 1895-1974 fast
Subject Presidents -- Argentina -- Biography
Peronism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
Peronism
Presidents
SUBJECT Argentina -- History -- 1943-1955. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88001365
Argentina -- History -- 1955-1983. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88001366
Subject Argentina
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
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