David Rock is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is author of Politics in Argentina, 1690-1930: The Rise and Fall of Radicalism (1975) and Argentina 1516-1987: From Spanish Colonization to Alfonsin (California, 1987).

• AcknowledgmentsPreface1. The Incubus of DoctrineThe Discourse of CounterrevolutionDe Maistre, Menendez Pelayo, and OthersOther Authorities: Renan, Taine, and MaurrasThe Ideological Synthesis in Argentina2. The Threads of TraditionThe Seeds of ClericalismThe Traditionalists3· Rule by the CapableThe Nativist ReactionThe Impact of WarThe Assault on Popular Democracy4· The Nationalist CrusadeThe Right to Good GovernmentStructure and PersonalitiesClericalists, Jews, and FascistsSocial Justice and Anti-ImperialismIdeological Cross- Fertilizations5· The Nationalist RevolutionThe Ascent of the NationalistsSocial Justice and PeronThe Transitions of Peron6. Peron and AfterThe Confrontation with PeronPeron and the ChurchFrom Lonardi to Illia7· Authoritarians, Populists, and RevolutionariesThe Doctrine of National Security and the "Argentine Revolution"The Armed BandsThe Populist ResurgenceThe MontonerosThe Process of National ReorganizationThe Nationalist Legacy8. ConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex