Radio War Nerd EP185 — Perón & Peronism

Co-hosts Gary Brecher & Mark Ames

An episode of the War Nerd Radio — Subscriber Feed podcast, hosted by Gary Brecher, titled "Radio War Nerd EP185 — Perón & Peronism" was published on June 15, 2019 and runs 175 minutes.

June 15, 2019 ·175m · War Nerd Radio — Subscriber Feed

Summary

Guest: Pablo Ben, associate professor  Recorded: June 13, 2019 "Peronismo" has dominated Argentina's politics for nearly 8 decades now. But who was Juan Perón? Was he a fascist, according to popular received ideas in the US and elsewhere? Pablo Ben, a Buenos Aires native and associate professor of history at San Diego State U., goes deep into 20th century Argentine politics to help us make sense of Perón and peronismo, and what we get wrong. First 38 minutes: World of Wars, starting with a War Nerd gloat over correctly predicting the Houthi rebels' next hit on Saudi Arabia . . .  At 41:00 our discussion on Perón with Pablo Ben begins . . .

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