This book proposes to review the ideological evolution of Colombian liberalism and to suggest directions for the party’s future course. The author, dean of the law school of the University of Cartagena, does not pretend to present the results of any original research but rather his reflections on the party’s past as suggested by his reading of the works of standard authorities such as Jaime Jaramillo Uribe and Gerardo Molina. One of his heroes is Rafael Núñez, creator of the interventionist state which he sees as the pillar of modern liberalism. Another is Alfonso López Pumarejo, whom he praises above all for his constitutional reforms and for his labor policies. To the latter Villalba Bustillo attributes the Liberal party’s continuing strength in the cities and in the trade unions. The most disappointing section in the book is the last, in which Villalba Bustillo addresses the party’s future. Here he merely presents interviews with Julio César Turbay Ayala and with Hernando Agudelo Villa as well as a brief survey of lesser luminaries of present-day liberalism. As a result, this book’s value lies mainly in its being an example of the way in which the Liberal record is viewed by a contemporary Colombian intellectual.