Radio War Nerd EP185 — Perón & Peronism

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 . . .