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Military Government and the Movement toward Democracy in South America

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There are two or three essays on each country and a postscript that details events up to mid-1980. All of the essays were published previously, between 1975 and 1980, as American Universities Field Staff (AUFS) reports by Handelman and Sanders (with the exception of an essay on Brazil by Norman Gall and one on Chile coauthored by Sanders and Brian Smith), and as such suffer from problems of repetition and thematic diversity (e.g., themes treated in one country are not treated in others). Moreover, although there are a few footnotes and a selective bibliography, these are not scholarly articles in the accepted definition of the term. Nevertheless, taken as a whole, the essays do provide an excellent chronological picture of the rise of the new militarism, the programs offered, the economic, political, and social consequences, the relinquishment of power by the military (Ecuador and Peru) or the reasons for gradualism (Brazil) or outright military intransigence (Uruguay and Chile). The book will be particularly useful for advanced students who desire a relatively detailed account of events in the five nations and will serve as a handy reference guide for scholars interested in comparative military politics. (resource: https://read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article/62/3/536/149033/Military-Government-and-the-Movement-toward)

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322.509 Han m

Publisher

Bloomington : Indiana University Press., 1981

Collation

xii, 388 p.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-2532-3456-2

Classification

322.509

Edition

1

Subject(s)

Politics and government
Armed Forces--Political activity

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