Los partidos políticos argentinos

This still classic study of Argentine politics is now in its third edition. (The first edition was reviewed in HAHR, August 1944, p. 513.) Half of the new edition is devoted to post-1945 developments. Reproduced from the earlier editions are the narrative and analysis dealing with the formation of the two liberal currents—nationalist and autonomist—the consolidation of the unicato, and the growth of the Radical Party. Particularly useful, however, are the detailed chronologies of elections and the listing of the numerous and complicated legislative changes during and since the Perón era. The book closes with the inauguration of President Arturo Illia in October 1963 and on a note of optimism which four years later seems highly unfounded: “El quinto interregno de nuestra historia constitucional había concluido” (p. 124).