Bolivia's radical tradition
Subtitle: permanent revolution in the Andes
By: S. Sándor John.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780816527649
Subjects: Partido Obrero Revolucionario (Bolivia); Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (Bolivia); Communism -- Bolivia -- History; Chaco War, 1932-1935 -- Influence; Political culture -- Bolivia -- 20th century; Political culture -- Bolivia -- 21st century; Bolivia -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Bolivia -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Bolivia -- History -- Revolution, 1952 -- Influence
Description: "Based on years of research in archives and extensive interviews with labor, peasant, and student activists--as well as Chaco War veterans and prominent political figures--the book brings together political, social, and cultural history, linking the origins of Bolivian radicalism to events unfolding today in the country that calls itself "the heart of South America.""--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Between Tupac Amaru and Trotsky; title: Return to an early grave; title: Under the sign of Pulacayo; title: Trotskyism and the revolución nacional; title: Cold War calculus; title: "The first soviet of the Americas"; title: From Banzer to Evo.