Originally published in the U.K. by Latin America Bureau, 2004"--T.p. verso.

On the Campaign Trail: A Paso de Vencedores -- Simon Bolivar -- Oil and Caudillos -- General Lopez Contreras: 1936-1941 -- The Birth of Political Parties -- Parliamentary Rupture -- From Punto Fijo to Hugo Chavez -- Guerrilla Warfare -- Chavez: Origins and Development -- The Caracazo -- The 1992 Coup Attempt -- Left-wing Electoral Alternatives: MAS and LCR -- La Causa R in Power -- CalderaÜs Last Stand -- Pablo Medina -- Political Allies -- The Bolivarian Project -- 1999: Reshaping the Nation -- 2000: The Relegitimization of New Institutions -- The International Situation -- 2001-The Year of Enabling Legislation -- Box: The CTV -- Chavez on the World Stage -- Box: Bolivarian Circles -- Utopian Dreams: Rural Resettlement and Urban Markets -- SARAO -- Box: Guerrilla Gardeners Feed the Hilton Hotel -- Taking Stock -- Reaction -- The Coup -- Radio Bemba -- Aftermath -- Media -- Miraflores Responds -- International Reaction -- The Opposition Regroups -- Oil -- The Oligarchy Strikes Back -- Box: Coordinadora Democratica -- Economic Downturn -- Scenes from the Bolivarian Revolution -- From the Middle -- Development vs. Disorder: The Pemon Experience -- PDVSA -- Box: In the Ghetto: Chapellines -- Foro Constitucion y Paz -- Box: National Union of Workers -- Bolivarian Economics -- Help, Help the Commies are Coming! -- Movimiento Vs. Republica -- Steering the Course of Reform -- The Madness of Otto Reich -- A New Configuration of Power -- Who is Hugo?. The Oligarchy Strikes Back -- Box: Coordinadora Democratica -- Economic Downturn -- Scenes from the Bolivarian Revolution -- From the Middle -- Development vs. Disorder: The Pemon Experience -- PDVSA -- Box: In the Ghetto: Chapellines -- Foro Constitucion y Paz -- Box: National Union of Workers -- Bolivarian Economics -- Help, Help the Commies are Coming! -- Movimiento Vs. Republica -- Steering the Course of Reform -- The Madness of Otto Reich -- A New Configuration of Power -- Who is Hugo?.