Title: We answer only to God
First published: 1998
Description: This book makes unprecedented use of Panamanian sources to study the military. It argues that their control of politics is not a temporary aberration but a natural result of the country's sociopolitical development. In exploring just how and when the military began dominating Panama's government, Pearcy fundamentally reinterprets the nation's modern history. He traces the slow and inevitable collapse of civilian rule during the first half of the century.
Subjects: Civil-military relations, History, Panama, Panama. Guardia Nacional, Political activity, Politics and government, Relations, Social conflict, Panama, politics and government
Places: Panama, United States
Time periods: 1903-1946, 1946-1981
LC classification: F1566.5 .P43 1998