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For la Patria
Brian . Ed(S): Loveman
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Description for For la Patria
Hardback. Defending la Patria, or homeland, is the historical mission claimed by Latin American armed forces. This book presents a narrative history of the military's political role in Latin America in national defence and security. Editor(s): Loveman, Brian. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 333 pages, tables, maps, photographs, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HB; JP; JWKW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 189 x 27. Weight in Grams: 862.
Defending 'la patria,' or 'homeland,' is the historical mission claimed by Latin American armed forces. For la Patria is a comprehensive narrative history of the military's political role in Latin America in national defense and security. Latin American civil-military relations and the role of the armed forces in politics, like those of all modern nation-states, are framed by constitutional and legal norms specifying the formal relationships between the armed forces and the rest of society. In actuality, they are also the result of expectations, attitudes, values, and practices evolved over centuries-integral aspects of national political cultures. Military institutions in each ... Read more
Defending 'la patria,' or 'homeland,' is the historical mission claimed by Latin American armed forces. For la Patria is a comprehensive narrative history of the military's political role in Latin America in national defense and security. Latin American civil-military relations and the role of the armed forces in politics, like those of all modern nation-states, are framed by constitutional and legal norms specifying the formal relationships between the armed forces and the rest of society. In actuality, they are also the result of expectations, attitudes, values, and practices evolved over centuries-integral aspects of national political cultures. Military institutions in each ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
333
Condition
New
Series
Latin American Silhouettes
Number of Pages
333
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780842027724
SKU
V9780842027724
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Reviews for For la Patria
Few scholars have devoted themselves more to understanding the issue of civil-military relations in Latin America than Brian Loveman . . . . No other work today matches its cohesiveness and breadth, which enhance its appeal to the general reader and the student alike.
Political Science Quarterly
A significant addition to the literature on the armed forces in ... Read more
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