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Author:

Carroll, Rory.

Title:

Comandante : Hugo Chávez's Venezuela / Rory Carroll.

Publisher:

Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xi, 302 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Chávez Frías, Hugo.
Presidents--Venezuela.
Venezuela--Politics and government--1999-
Venezuela--Foreign relations--1999-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1594204578 (hbk.)
9781594204579 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)796756050

LCCN:

2012039514

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)