Comandante : myth and reality in Hugo Chávez's Venezuela / Rory Carroll.
2013
F2329.22.C54 C27 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
Comandante : myth and reality in Hugo Chávez's Venezuela / Rory Carroll.
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ISBN
9781594204579
1594204578
1594204578
Publication Details
Penguin Press : New York, 2013.
Language
English
Description
xi, 302 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Call Number
F2329.22.C54 C27 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
987.06/42092 B
Summary
An exploration of Chávez's life and career, pondering such questions as "How did a charismatic autocrat seduce not just a nation but a significant part of world opinion? How did he make people laugh, weep, and applaud as if on command? And how does he continue to stay in power despite the crumbling of Venezuela?"--Dust jacket flap.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-294)and index.
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Table of Contents
Throne
Hello, President!
Inside Miraflores
Defectors
The young lieutenant
Palace
Survival of the fittest
The art of war
The devil's excrement
The storyteller
Kingdom
Decay
The great illuminating journey
Protest
The artist.
Hello, President!
Inside Miraflores
Defectors
The young lieutenant
Palace
Survival of the fittest
The art of war
The devil's excrement
The storyteller
Kingdom
Decay
The great illuminating journey
Protest
The artist.