Félix Luna (1925–2009)

It does what it says on the tin: it's a short, readable history of Argentina from colonial times to the present, and it's a good place to start a study of Argentine history. There's was rather too information about political maneuvering during the book's latter third for my taste, but the author's refreshingly honest about which aspects of history he chose to focus on. The book reveals that the country's current conceptions about nationhood and governing appeared on the scene rather later show more than one might expect. Useful, though it does, for reasons unknown, omit Argentina's experience under the 1976-83 dictatorship, which seems a puzzling choice. show less

Si no fuera porque arranca hablando de la Revolución del Parque, este libro debería llamarse "Golpes de Estado". De todas formas, es un excelente panorama de algunos (no todos) movimientos destituyentes que existieron en la Argentina.

The standard history fare is excellently summarized in “A Short History of the Argentinians” (2000), by respected Argentine historian Felix Luna. The biggest limitation of the book is that it deals with the history until the collapse of the Peron government in 1955, and thus omits Peron’s return in 1972, and more recent, equally significant events like the military coup of 1976, the subsequent dirty war, and the change-over to a democratic system, with all its flaws.

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Paisajismo histórico, muy bien logrado.

Félix Luna pinta un Roca tal como imagina que era. Justifica sus acciones como Roca las justificaría, con su desprecio hacia los indios y se admiración por la cultura romana. Habla de los Radicales como lo haría el protagonista, con algunas concesiones finales hacia ellos más Lunistas que Roquistas.