xiii, 349 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports ; 24 cm.
Note
Originally published: 2006.
Contents
Out of a Spanish colony -- Lessons from the age of reason -- Creole revolution -- War to the death -- Touchstone of the revolution -- New strategy, new front -- Society according to Bolivar -- War and love in the Andes -- The man of problems -- The magic of his prestige -- Journey of disillusion -- The legacy.
