Las metáforas del fracaso

Dem crata por convicci n intelectual, arist crata por sus sentimientos, Marcelo T. de Alvear es una figura peculiar de la historia argentina. Esta obra traza una nueva imagen del dirigente radical y presidente de la Rep blica Argentina de 1922 a 1928. de sus p ginas surge una personalidad contradictoria y l cida, Para quien el radicalismo era parte de un proyecto de afianzamiento institucional de la Rep blica.

"Retired general blames the pacifism, isolationism, legalism, moralism, and Eurocentricity of some members of Argentina's political and economic elite for engendering the lack of 'territorial consciousness' that encouraged the acceptance of detrimental border agreements such as those signed with Chile in 1881/1893. Questionable facts and arguments but reflects the uncompromising nationalistic views of some significant military and political groups"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Looks at the life of one of the founders of Argentine Nationalism, Enrique Osés. Osés began as a Catholic and confessional journalist, who continued as a journalist and nationalist thinker and who finally stands as the leader of the most influential political movement outside the political parties of the system.