Haya de la Torre and the Pursuit of Power in Twentieth-Century Peru and Latin America

“This is the first book to comprehensively delve into [Haya de la Torre’s Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana party] as a transnational political force and intellectual network . . . before the party turned inward to focus on political power in Peru. . . . As a stand-alone twentieth-century-style intellectual biography . . . this book is unmatched.”—Hispanic American Historical Review

“García-Bryce has crafted an excellent analysis of Haya’s time and place. He situates the man and his politics within the larger Latin American twentieth century and shows how the various revolutionary movements worked with and learned from each. Most important, he shows the limits of Haya’s ideas in Peru and in Latin America.”—H-Net Reviews

“Why haven’t we had a serious biography of Haya de la Torre before? In illuminating and entertaining fashion, García-Bryce reveals the spectacular international presence wielded by Haya and his party, APRA, in the mid-twentieth century. Haya’s exiles and writings take us from Peru to England to Mexico to Central America and beyond, leaving an enormous political legacy only now getting the attention it deserves.”—Charles F. Walker, University of California, Davis

“Haya de la Torre was to the first half of the twentieth century what the promise of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez was to the second half—García-Bryce illuminates the heretofore little known transnational dimensions of this premier leader. This full-blown political biography will be the indispensable study on the subject for some time to come.”—Peter F. Klarén, George Washington University