Best argentinian history books according to redditors

We found 30 Reddit comments discussing the best argentinian history books. We ranked the 24 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

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Top Reddit comments about Argentinian History:

u/vade101 · 11 pointsr/unitedkingdom

> Now, here is the most shocking fact: the average argentine soldier was 19 years old with no professional training. It's hard to find a source in english, so this is the only one. Read the first paragraph of page 69 "portraits of a soldier".[3] This is portrayed very well in an argentine film called "Iluminados por el Fuego". The military (dictatorship) didn't have enough soldiers to fight the UK, so they took boys from 18 to 21 years old, gave them a frew months of training, and off you go.

It's probably worth saying in relation to that that they didn't totally expect to have to fight to keep the Falklands, the initial plan was that their Marines and Special Forces would invade and the Army would briefly occupy the islands and then be withdrawn (whilst making sure the British wouldn't be able to reoccupy the islands) whilst they negotiated at the UN for a transfer of Sovereignty.

The escalation to a full occupation happened fairly organically over the months of planning, and by the time they realised how committed they were it was too late to do a great deal about it. Martin Middlebrook's 'The Argentine Fight for the Falklands' and ['The Falklands War'] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Falklands-War-Martin-Middlebrook-ebook/dp/B0094JTQE4/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=) are both excellent accounts if you want to know a bit more.

u/bn20 · 8 pointsr/climbing

It really depends on what type of climbing you enjoy: adventure, sport, mountaineering, etc.

Here are some of my favourites:

If you like alpinism and want to learn how pathetic and weak willed you are compared to Steve House, check out Beyond the Mountain. Great book. Dude has insane ethics that make me feel bad for clipping bolts.

If you're more into big wall climbing and how it fits in with life lessons, The Push by Tommy Caldwell is phenomenal. He really throws it all out there and gives you an insight as to just how hard he worked to free the Dawn Wall and all the lessons that came with it.

If you want a really well written account of one of climbing's most bizarre controversies, The Tower by Kelly Cordes was one of my favourites this year. It gives a back-and-forth history and insight into climbing Cerro Torre and really gives a glimpse into life in Patagonia and the history of climbing Torre.

If you're a big dreamer and history nut, The Bold and The Cold gives first hand stories of the first ascents of some of the biggest routes in Canada. From the Bugaboos to Robson, it's a fantastic read and really gets you longing to get out out there.

Eiger Dreams was a fantastic collection of unrelated short stories centering around climbing and mountaineer. Some big characters and bigger adventures that are well told by the same author (and climber!) that gave us Into the Wild.

And finally, I recommend The Calling by Barry Blanchard for no other reason than it's a really well written account of the life of a fading alpinist in the Canadian Rockies.

Hope this helps!



Bonus recommendation: not climbing related, but a really great read for anyone who loves the outdoors: The Names of the Stars is a fantastic book that follows the personal account of a retired Park Ranger who spents 5 months alone in the wilderness of Montana watching fish eggs. It's a boring premise but the author is so vivid with his descriptions and shows the connection between us and the wild. I read it in a day, it was that good.

u/MarchOfTheZapotec · 6 pointsr/argentina

Hey there.

Liberal Thought in Argentina, 1837-1940 edited by Natalio R. Botana and Ezequiel Gallo. It's a compilation of primary sources, check out "Message on the Electoral Reform (Buenos Aires, February 29, 1912)". It's on Project MUSE, here (your school most likely has access to it): http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781614879060 . This is a good compilation of sources on that period, so it'll be useful.

A Short History of the Argentinians by Félix Luna. Haven't read this personally yet, but Félix Luna is very respected and I know it's a good summary of Argentine history. If you haven't gone too deep in your readings, this might be a good starting point and you can probably jump to other bibliography based on the sources. Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Argentinians-Felix-Luna/dp/9504904033 . Not period-specific though, sorry I couldn't help you with that.

Let me know if this helped. Good luck!

u/origamitiger · 6 pointsr/AskHistorians

The United States actually provided a considerable amount of support to the British air base on Ascension Island. Without American shipments of fuel, the airbase on Ascension Island would have been almost impossible for the British to supply.

If you're interested in the Falklands War, I recommend Martin Middlebrook's The Falklands War, it's an excellent source for a British perspective on the conflict.

Does anyone know of an accompanying Argentinian account?

u/tute666 · 5 pointsr/argentina

I'm back.

1st of all, there is no definitive book, you'll probably have to read a bit.

  • this Is the history book given in the CBC, the introductory course of the Buenos Aires University. It's more-o-less balanced, it does not have the most consistent style or depth. you might find really charged phrases with absolutely no explanation, and then it goes into depth regarding some irrelevant detail. But it's an excellent starting point. This looks like the extended edition which adds the menem years upto approximately 2001.

  • dirty war It pays attention to the years leading upto 1976, which is key for the context of the dirty war.

  • pre 20th century I've no faith in the modern parts of the book, but they shouldn't fuck up to much leading upto the 20th century.
u/unshen · 4 pointsr/argentina

Hello there, I will never forget reading this book about the dirty war, (también lo recomiendo para redditores de aca)

u/[deleted] · 3 pointsr/argentina

Yanqui here, I just wanted to second the nomination for Guerrillas and Generals. It gives a great history of what led up to the 1976 coup in addition to the standard info about 76-83.

If you want more of the raw data, pick up Nunca Más, which has been translated into English. If you don't want to buy it, you can access the entire report here.

Also, there's some really interesting work done on the aftermath of the dictatorship. Pick up A Lexicon of Terror or Postmemories of Terror, both of which are excellent.

u/large_poops · 3 pointsr/guns

I haven't bought this book yet, but I've heard it's pretty good

https://www.amazon.com/Argentine-Mauser-Rifles-1871-1959-Schiffer/dp/0764318683

u/Bugle_Butter · 3 pointsr/guns

Colin Webster's Argentine Mauser Rifles.

u/Grandma_puncher · 3 pointsr/AskHistorians

Congratulations, that's fantastic. I'm relatively new so I hope I do this right.

Can anyone help me find a book, A War Betwixt Englishman: Brazil against Argentina on the River Plate.

https://www.amazon.com/War-Betwixt-Englishmen-Against-Argentina/dp/1860644562

I tried US and UK amazon, Abe books, Ebay, google is no help. It is so hard to find English language books on South American history. Any tips on that would be appreciated, too. I am not a student, so I don't have access to an ILL close by.

u/bran_daid · 2 pointsr/Mountaineering
u/tibirica · 2 pointsr/brasil

Os livros do historiador Moniz Bandeira também ajudam a entender essas questões. Ele não é exatamente um bom escritor, mas é um excelente arquivista. São meio caros, mas vale a pena ler pra entender melhor a atuação geopolítica dos EUA.

Formação do Império Americano

Brasil, Argentina e Estados Unidos

A segunda Guerra Fria

u/PALillie · 2 pointsr/BritishSuccess

Why wouldn't they want them?! the Falklands are awesome! but also it serves as a handy distraction for CFK's government to rile up sentiments about the Falkland Islands and the "evil colonial British pirates occupying Argentine land" all the whilst the nation is on the verge of a second default. The Junta did the same in the 80's.

I think there is a second reason that's not often alluded to and that's future resource claims in the Antarctic. This is a map of Argentine Claims in the southern ocean now at present we control a lot of this ocean as we have a legal claim to part of the Antarctic & The Falklands, South Georgia, The South Sandwich Islands and a lot of small islands and islets, so if Argentina wants to claim what it sees as it's share of the resources that will eventually flow out of the Antarctic it has to keep pressing it's claim to these lands and oceans which means harrassing us. The nice thing is we don't have to do aanything we just have to keep on keeping on. Pink Ice covers this topic really well if a little dryly but is definitely worth a read if you have the time

u/balc9k · 2 pointsr/argentina

Take a look to some of this:

Latin America in the 1940s: War and Postwar Transitions

[Argentina, 1516-1987: From Spanish Colonization to Alfonsín] (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0520061780)

[State Building and Political Movements in Argentina, 1860-1916] (http://www.amazon.com/Building-Political-Movements-Argentina-1860-1916/dp/0804744661)

All of these are from David Rock, a well known argentinian specialiced historian.

u/Geralt_of_Rivia1 · 2 pointsr/changemyview

> I didn't say that. I asked why you need to have this particular gun

There is no reason for me to prove that need.

> when there are over 100 different models out there.

Here is a 300 page book on the 37 variants of Mauser rifles used by Argentina

https://www.amazon.com/Argentine-Mauser-Rifles-1871-1959-Schiffer/dp/0764318683

There are a lot more guns than you think




u/gplnd · 1 pointr/AskHistorians

I'll second the Feitlowitz book. Very disturbing read.

I'll also plug a soon-to-be-released book by a former professor of mine, Consent of the Damned by David Sheinin.

u/CharlesInVT · 1 pointr/evolution

check out "Attending Marvels" by G G Simpson. Its a book, but a good place to start looking at the evolution of horses. Plus, Simpson was a bad ass, collecting fossils in the middle of a revolution and things like that.

https://www.amazon.com/Attending-marvels-Patagonian-journal-reading/dp/0809437260

Oos. Simpson is famous for horses, but this is Patagonia. That was marsupial country. Its been a long time since I read it, but I loved it.

u/lains-experiment · 1 pointr/conspiracy
u/dopplerdog · 1 pointr/argentina

David Rock's Argentina 1516-1987 is a pretty good english text.

Guerillas and Generals, recommended elsewhere here, is also good.

Unfortunately, my favourites are in spanish. Are you able to read any spanish?

edit: And if you're interested in the Dirty War & last dictatorship, and you have any specific questions about what you've read or there is anything that doesn't quite make sense, you could just ask here - there's a few of us who are old enough to have lived through that era. Even if you don't agree with the comments, you'll get a feel from the ensuing flame war what the issues were.

IMO, the whole era makes little sense without understanding what happened in 1955, the aims of the Revolucion Libertadora in that year and their context in the Cold War/Post WWII world, the proscription of the majority party, how this radicalised large sectors of the population throughout the 60s, and how real democracy was only allowed to return in 1973 on the condition that the radical elements be suppressed. There is a scene in the movie "Funny Dirty Little War" (set in the early Dirty War period, just before the '76 coup) where Peronists from opposing sides shoot at each other while yelling "Viva Peron!". Needless to say, foreigners tend to get confused when they see this sort of thing.