Comandante : Hugo Chavez's Venezuela /
Carroll, Rory, 1972-
Comandante : Hugo Chavez's Venezuela / Rory Carroll. - xv, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Throne -- Hello, President! -- Inside Miraflores -- Defectors -- The young lieutenant -- Palace -- Survival of the fittest -- The art of war -- The devil's excrement -- The storyteller -- Kingdom -- Decay -- The great illuminating journey -- Protest -- The artist.
An exploration of Chávez's life and career, pondering such questions as "How did a charismatic autocrat seduce not just a nation but a significant part of world opinion? How did he make people laugh, weep, and applaud as if on command? And how does he continue to stay in power despite the crumbling of Venezuela?"--Dust jacket flap.
0143124889 9780143124887
Chávez Frías, Hugo, 1954-2013
Presidents--Venezuela.
Presidentes --Venezuela
Venezuela--Politics and government--1999-
Venezuela --Política y gobierno --1999-
Venezuela--Foreign relations--1999-
Venezuela --Relaciones exteriores --1999-
120 F 2329.22 / C512C 2014
987.06
Comandante : Hugo Chavez's Venezuela / Rory Carroll. - xv, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Throne -- Hello, President! -- Inside Miraflores -- Defectors -- The young lieutenant -- Palace -- Survival of the fittest -- The art of war -- The devil's excrement -- The storyteller -- Kingdom -- Decay -- The great illuminating journey -- Protest -- The artist.
An exploration of Chávez's life and career, pondering such questions as "How did a charismatic autocrat seduce not just a nation but a significant part of world opinion? How did he make people laugh, weep, and applaud as if on command? And how does he continue to stay in power despite the crumbling of Venezuela?"--Dust jacket flap.
0143124889 9780143124887
Chávez Frías, Hugo, 1954-2013
Presidents--Venezuela.
Presidentes --Venezuela
Venezuela--Politics and government--1999-
Venezuela --Política y gobierno --1999-
Venezuela--Foreign relations--1999-
Venezuela --Relaciones exteriores --1999-
120 F 2329.22 / C512C 2014
987.06