Following the violent overthrow of Perón in 1955, many of his supporters entered into a protracted campaign of resistance against the military governments and military-constrained civilian governments that would struggle to maintain order in Argentina for the next eighteen years.
What strategies did the Peronists adopt during their decades-long quest to restore Perón to power? What accounts for the initial failure of the Peronists' revolutionary, laborist, and electoralist strategies during the late 1950s and early '60s? In what ways did the movement's ideology and strategy change during the 1960s, and how did this aggravate the internal divisions within the Peronist movement? And why did the movement's internal ideological and factional tensions explode into open and violent conflict between far-right and far-left Peronists upon Perón's long-awaited return to Argentina in 1973?
Suggested Readings:
James, 1993, Resistance and Integration: Peronism and the Argentine Working Class, 1946-1976
McGuire, 1997, Peronism Without Perón: Unions, Parties, and Democracy in Argentina
