Many scholars and the wider public within and outside Argentina have associated Juan Perón and Peronism with fascism and antisemitism and assumed that Jews in this country did not support him. Raanan Rein offers the definitive rejoinder. In this clear and convincing study, a translation of a book originally published in Argentina, he demonstrates that Perón's participation in the military dictatorship of 1943–45 and his administration of 1946–55 did not reveal fascist or anti-Jewish traits. Furthermore, Perón had more Jewish followers than some have thought.
No one is better suited than Rein to make this case. Drawing on years of archival work in Argentina, Israel, the United States, and Spain, he has researched Peronism and Jewish Argentines thoroughly and refuted faulty analyses of both. Regarding Jews, he has pointed out the inadequacy of studying only those affiliated with communal institutions. This stance has particular relevance for this book, since the...
