Alessandrismo versus Ibañismo

"An account of the 26-year period between 1926-52 that attributes its volatility (there were 13 different chief executives) to the running antagonism between Arturo Alessandri Palma and General Carlos Ibáñez. Unfortunately, Pinto does little more than describe events, letting the sequenced facts speak for themselves, while failing to ask or answer questions that might tell us more"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.