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Pern: A Biography

Pern: A Biography


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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 Pern. 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, Pern 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, Pern 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 Pern'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 Pernism in Argentina. In addition, Page's study of Argentine-American relations is particularly penetrating-especially in its description of the struggle between Pern and US ambassador Spruille Braden. "It would probably take a novel stamped with the surrealistic genius of a Gabriel Garca Mrquez to render all the madness, perverse magic and tragedy of Juan Domingo Pern 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

About the Author :
Joseph A. Page is a professor emeritus at the Georgetown University Law Center. He is the author of Perón: A Biography and The Brazilians, and wrote the introduction to Evita: In My Own Words. His articles and book reviews focusing on Argentina and Brazil have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, and the Washington Post.  


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  • ISBN-13: 9781504083140
  • Publisher: Open Road Media
  • Publisher Imprint: Open Road Media
  • Height: 228 mm
  • No of Pages: 562
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  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1504083148
  • Publisher Date: 04 Apr 2023
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
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  • Sub Title: A Biography


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