"Interpretive history of Argentina's oil industry up to Perón's 1955 overthrow. Emphasizes the rivalry between YPF and the foreign companies. Argues that YPF might have funtioned well if it had not been corrupted by Peronist bureaucracy and mismanagement, the Concordancia's deliberate sabotage, and Yrigoyen's indifference"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.