Los libros de Lanusse: Su visión del peronismo en torno a la transición democrática argentina (1971-1973)

Abstract

Lanusse was one of the most important anti-peronist symbols throughtout his life. After the overthrow of Perón in 1955, Lanusse’s prestige increased among the Argentine Army Forces, becoming Commander-in-Chief of the Argentine Army in 1968, and the facto President of Argentina between 1971 and 1973. In this way, Lanusse became the counterimage of Perón. However, in this dispute against the exiled leader, Lanusse realized the need to integrate Perón, to face the struggles embodied by the “guerrilla” activity (a Peronist movement) who acted on his behalf, and to include all the people identified with that political movement. This paper attempts to understand the way that Lanusse saw the Peronist movement and his leader Perón, from the analysis of the three books he wrote, in three different moments of his life. What were the characteristics that influenced his speech. Likewise, it is observed a dispute between the two leaders which was based on seeing who could overcome the contradictions of the past to be placed above the Peronism – anti-Peronism controversy.