Title: Democracy under siege :
Authors: Varas, Augusto.; Joint Committee on Latin American Studies.
Date: 1989
Publisher: Greenwood Press,
Physical description: viii, 222 pages ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: F
Contents: Military autonomy and democracy in Latin America / Augusto Varas -- The armed forces of Colombia and Ecuador in comparative perspective / Fernando Bustamante -- The armed forces in Peruvian politics / Marcial Rubïo Correa -- Democratization and military reform in Argentina / Augusto Varas -- The armed forces and Brazil's transition to democracy : The Figueiredo Administration / Eliézer Rizzo de Oliveira -- Autonomy of the military in Chile : from democracy to authoritarianism / Felipe Agüero -- The military in the role of "substitute political party" and redemocratization in Uruguay / Juan Rial -- The modernization of the Mexican armed forces / José Luis Piñeyro -- Armed forces, society, and the people : Cuba and Nicaragua / Raúl Benítez Manaut [and others]. The development of military autonomy and corporateness in Central America / Gabriel Aguilera -- The armed forces and democratization in Bolivia, 1982-1986 / Raúl Barrios.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Civil-military relations--Latin America--History--20th century.; Latin America--Armed Forces--History--20th century.; Latin America--Armed Forces--Political activity--History--20th century.; Latin America--Politics and government--1948-; Latin America--Politics and government--1948-1980.; Latin America--Politics and government--1980-