ISBN:
9780842024334
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (425 p)
Series Statement:
Jaguar Books on Latin America
Parallel Title:
Print version Rank and Privilege : The Military and Society in Latin America
DDC:
306.2/7/098
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Dr. Linda A. RodrÌguez has assembled a new collection of essays that finally provides the historical context necessary to understand the Latin American military. The articles included here examine a variety of time periods and nations, from the counterinsurgency army of New Spain, to the nineteenth-century War of the Pacific, to the modern relationship between the military and development. The contributors look at the ways in which Latin America's armed forces have changed over time, and how external threats as well as internal rivalries have shaped the military. Together, these essays trace t
Description / Table of Contents:
Jaguar Books on Latin America; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 - International War and Government Modernization: The Military-A Case Study; Notes; 2 - "La Causa Buena": The Counterinsurgency Army of New Spain and the Ten Years' War; Notes; 3 - Authoritarianism and Militarism in Ecuador; Notes; 4 - The War of the Pacific; I; II; III; IV; Notes; 5 - The South American Military Tradition: Preprofessional Armies in Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Brazil; Notes; 6 - The Armed Forces and Industrialists in Modern Brazil: The Drive for Military Autonomy, 1889-1945; Notes
Description / Table of Contents:
7 - Caudillismo and Institutional Change: Manuel Odría and the Peruvian Armed Forces, 1948-1956Notes; 8 - The Military and Development; Argentina after Perón; Military Rule in Bolivia; The Brazilian Revolution; Controlled Revolution in Peru; From Democracy to Dictatorship in Chile; Ecuador's Oil Boom; Military Government in Central America; 9 - The Latin American Military, Low-Intensity Conflict, and Democracy; Introduction; The Need for Responsible Civil-Military Dialogue on National Security; The New Challenges Facing the Latin American Military; The New Civil-Military Relations
Description / Table of Contents:
Conclusion: Implications for U.S. Policy and Democratic Military ProfessionalismNotes; References; 10 - Military Professionalism and Nonintervention in Mexico; The Current Paradigm of Professionalism; Mexican Reality; The Mexican Military Educational System; Military Political Efficacy; Conclusions; Notes; Suggested Readings; About the Editor
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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