Rank and Privilege: The Military and Society in Latin America

by Linda A. Rodriguez (Editor)

Overview

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 the roots of the military's power and the growth of its political influence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461641766
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/01/1997
Series:	Jaguar Books on Latin America
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	239
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Linda Alexander Rodrìguez is assistant director of the Latin American Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 International War and Government Modernization: The Military—A Case Study
Chapter 2 "La Causa Buena": The Counterinsurgency Army of New Spain and the Ten Years' War
Chapter 3 Authoritarianism and Militarism in Ecuador
Chapter 4 The War of the Pacific
Chapter 5 The South American Military Tradition: Preprofessional Armies in Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Brazil
Chapter 6 The Armed Forces and Industrialists in Modern Brazil: The Drive for Military Autonomy, 1889-1945
Chapter 7 Caudillismo and Institutional Change: Manuel Odrìa and the Peruvian Armed Forces, 1948-1956
Chapter 8 The Military and Development
Chapter 9 The Latin American Military, Low-Intensity Conflict, and Democracy
Chapter 10 Military Professionalism and Nonintervention in Mexico

Editorial Reviews

Reprinted from scholarly journals and anthologies, ten essays explore the relationship between the military and society in Latin America in the 19th and 20th centuries. Among the topics are the counterinsurgency army of New Spain and the Ten Years' War, authoritarianism and militarism in Ecuador, and low- intensity conflict and democracy. Includes a bibliographic essay. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Another gem from the Jaguar series.. .. Professor RodrÌguez's introductory essay is definitive and should be incorporated into a general book of readings on the region.

Parameters

A superb, carefully crafted, and neatly balanced collection of seminal articles on civil-military relations in Latin America. It will be useful in any course on Latin American history and politics.

Thomas M. Davies

The editor's excellent introduction sensitively frames this outstanding collection of articles that treats the Latin American military from colonial times to the 1990s. Rodrìguez emphasizes both internal and external miitary missions, rightly focusing on the international context for development of the Latin American militaries.. .. A valuable text.

Brian Loveman

A superb, carefully crafted, and neatly balanced collection of seminal articles on civil-military relations in Latin America. It will be useful in any course on Latin American history and politics.--Thomas M. Davies, Jr., San Diego State University

The editor's excellent introduction sensitively frames this outstanding collection of articles that treats the Latin American military from colonial times to the 1990s. Rodrìguez emphasizes both internal and external miitary missions, rightly focusing on the international context for development of the Latin American militaries. . . . A valuable text.--Brian Loveman, San Diego State University

Another gem from the Jaguar series. . . . Professor RodrÌguez's introductory essay is definitive and should be incorporated into a general book of readings on the region.--Parameters

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