The Soldier and the State in South America
Subtitle: Essays in Civil-Military Relations (Latin American Studies Series (New York, N.Y.).)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: April 7, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780333930939
Subjects: Civil war; Political structure & processes; 20th century; 21st century; c 1800 to c 1900; History; Politics / Current Events; Military; Latin America; Development - Economic Development; Economic Conditions; Government - Comparative; History / South America; Latin America - South America; Military - Other; Civil-military relations; South America
First sentence: The detention of General Pinochet in London in October 1998 and its political consequences has dramatically illustrated the fragile nature of current civil-military relations in many South American nations.