{"product_id":"history-of-argentina-sidney-k-torbert-9798189497889","title":"History of Argentina: How Pampas, Patagonia, and Peronism Built a Restless South American Republic","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat if everything you thought you knew about Argentina barely scratches the surface?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSix million people crossed an ocean to build a new life on land they had never seen. An army crossed a mountain range that military experts called impossible. A country grew wealthier, per person, than half of Europe, and then came astonishingly close to losing it all, not once, but again and again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory of Argentina: How Pampas, Patagonia, and Peronism Built a Restless South American Republic\u003c\/b\u003e takes you from ten-thousand-year-old handprints on a Patagonian cave wall to the fall of a dictatorship, from a river optimistically named for silver that was never there to the lithium fields quietly reshaping the country's future today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFew readers realize\u003c\/i\u003e that Buenos Aires was founded, abandoned, and founded again before it ever became a city. Fewer still know how a lawyer turned general designed a flag on a riverbank in the middle of a war, or how one woman's death brought an entire nation to a standstill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not a dry parade of dates and treaties. It is a storytelling journey through conquest, revolution, immigration, dictatorship, and reinvention, written to pull you into rooms where history was actually made. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside, you will discover: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- How geography, more than any single leader, shaped Argentina's fate\u003cbr\u003e- The desperate first colony that nearly starved before it could survive\u003cbr\u003e- The audacious Andes crossing that changed the course of a continent\u003cbr\u003e- The rise and fall of Juan and Eva Perón, and the shadows that followed\u003cbr\u003e- How a nation rebuilt itself again and again after economic collapse \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhether you are a history lover, a traveler curious about the country behind the postcard, or simply someone who enjoys a story where the outcome was never guaranteed, \u003c\/i\u003e this book was written for you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe land gave Argentina everything. What its people did with that gift is a story you will not forget. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGet your copy today and step into a history that is still being written.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sidney K. Torbert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798189497889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Sidney K. Torbert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50666020077823,"sku":"9798189497889","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/history-of-argentina-sidney-k-torbert-9798189497889","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}