Haya de la Torre and the pursuit of power in twentieth-century Peru and Latin America /

Like Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, Peruvian Victor Raul Haya de la Torre (1895-1979) was one of Latin America's key revolutionary leaders, well known across national boundaries. Inigo Garcia-Bryce's biography of Haya chronicles his dramatic political odyssey as founder of the highly influe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	García-Bryce, Iñigo L., 1966- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Haya de la Torre, Víctor Raúl, > 1895-1979. Haya de la Torre, Víctor Raúl, > 1895-1979 > Influence. Partido Aprista Peruano. Politicians > Peru > Biography. Peru > Politics and government > 1919-1968. Latin America > Politics and government > 20th century. United States > Foreign relations > Peru.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Revolution for export : forging a Latin American revolution
Bullets and ballots : revolutionaries, elections, and the military
Marinera with the Yankees : Haya de la Torre and the United States
El jefe y el partido : party discipline and the cult of personality
Broken promises : the women of APRA
Conclusion.