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Rómulo Betancourt : his historical personality and the genesis of modern democracy in Venezuela
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"Available here for the first time in English, this book is an extended essay on a transformational figure in Venezuelan history who overthrew the ruling military dictatorship in the 1940s and esta...
"Available here for the first time in English, this book is an extended essay on a transformational figure in Venezuelan history who overthrew the ruling military dictatorship in the 1940s and established a modern democratic regime"--Provided by publisher.
Details
- Creator
- Germán Carrera Damas ; translated by Elizabeth Lowe ; foreword by John V. Lombardi
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2021
- ©2021
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
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- ISBNs
- 9781683402015, 1683402367, 1683402014, 9781683402367
- OCLC
- on1252426122, on1202730808
- Includes bibliographical references.
- The Initial Framework for Rómulo Betancourt's Historical Personality -- The Early Education of Rómulo Betancourt as a Political Militant: -- Circumstances and Factors that Shaped His Basic Historical Personality -- Rise of a Marxist Revolutionary Leader. Groundwork for a Theory of the Democratic Venezuelan Revolution -- Toward a Venezuelan Revolutionary Theory of Democracy -- Revising Venezuelan Democratic Aspirations in the Context of the Repercussions of the Second World War -- The Strategy to Launch the Democratic Revolution -- The Design and Institutionalization of the First Liberal Democratic Republic of Venezuela -- The Third Exile -- The Ideological Foundations and Political Process of Reinstatement of the Liberal Democratic Republic -- Overcoming the Direct and Indirect Repercussions of the Cold War in the Reestablishment of the Liberal Democratic Republic -- The Overall Assessment of the Installation and Consolidation of the Socio-Political Liberal Democratic Regime in Venezuela: 1945- -- Rómulo Betancourt in History: The Historiographical Reckoning and His Own Assessment