Table of Contents
Introduction: One Hundred Years with Chávez Ignacio Ramonet ix
Part I Childhood and Adolescence (1954-1971)
1 'History will absorb me' 1
2 Family Secrets 27
3 Hard-Working Boy 54
4 Politics, Religion and Encyclopaedia 84
5 Secondary School in Barinas 110
Part II From Barracks to Barracks (1971-1982)
6 Cadet in Caracas 149
7 Young Officer 183
8 In Cumana 209
9 In Maracay 234
10 Conspiring and Recruiting 259
Part III The Road to Power (1982-1998)
11 Rebellion in the Making 285
12 The Caracazo 306
13 The Rebellion of 4 February 1992 337
14 The Fertile Prison 370
15 The Victorious Campaign 420
Acknowledgements and Further Reading 487