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Argentina: A Short History

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This is not a good book. As another reviewer pointed out, at best it's an economic history of Argentina, and one that's not particularly short. But even with that limited scope it fails. The book flits about, jumping from era to era and topic to topic, often within the same paragraph. Little or no effort is made to describe events or explain their causes. Instead the author glosses themes in language loaded with jargon that often seems designed to impress or confuse the reader. It's almost like a summary piece on a financial news network that goes on and on but never really says anything.

One image kept popping into my mind as I read this book: a swarm of chaotic fruit flies buzzing over a bowl of decaying bananas. That pretty much sums it up.

Although it is a good snapshot about Argentina's history, sometimes lacks clarity as it is trying to condense too much information in very few pages.