Download or read book Militarization And The International Arms Race In Latin America written by Augusto Varas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military conflicts and dictatorships in Latin America are the main consequences of the increasingly autonomous role of the armed forces in the region, asserts noted scholar Augusto Varas, and international factors related to the expansion of weapon industries in the North and the increasing flow of financial resources to Latin America are accelerating the arms race. Varas discusses the historical function of the armed forces in local politics, the new ideology of the "national security doctrine," and the process of conflict perception by the Latin American military. He also analyzes the inevitable relations between the arms race and the political role of the region's armed institutions. Using Chile as an example, he places these factors in context and illustrates how political crisis can escalate into a regional arms race. He then concludes with a discussion of the links between prospects for democracy in the region and demilitarization and disarmament.
Download or read book U S Arms Transfer Policy in Latin America written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Armed Forces of Latin America written by Adrian J. English and published by Ihs Global Incorporated. This book was released on 1984 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Armed Forces of Latin America written by Adrian J. English and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review of Research Trends and an Annotated Bibliography written by Unesco and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UNESCO pub. Literature survey and annotated bibliography on the social and economic consequences of arms (the arms race) and of disarmament - includes a review of research trends since the 1960's.
Download or read book Militarization in Latin AMerican written by Henry A. Dietz and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Latin America Arms Build up and Disarmament written by Petr Pavlovich I︠A︡kovlev and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Arms and Politics in Latin America written by Edwin Lieuwen and published by New York : Published for the Council on Foreign Relations by Praeger. This book was released on 1961 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Democracy Under Siege written by Augusto Varas and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1989-07-07 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the military has historically played a pivotal role in Latin American politics and society, until now little attention has been paid to the complex set of civilian-military relations in each country. This collection of essays, the product of a long-term research program organized by a group of prominent Latin American scholars, compares current linkages among the armed forces and local social and political structures and institutions. Within each nation studied, the contributing author found increasing military autonomy vis-a-vis the state. They show that this institutional autonomy has allowed the military to develop as independent political entities within the various countries, a process that seems to be common to all Latin American societies. Their research also demonstrates how the military diversifies itself when acquiring higher degrees of institutional autonomy. Collectively, the contributors contend that although civilian democratic forces will play a much larger role in political decisionmaking in this decade as compared to the last, it is evident that armed forces will retain a considerable share of political power. Regardless of the institutional arrangement, the military will continue to exercise significant veto power over civilian political forces. The independent military that has emerged is a new variable that must be taken into account in future analyses of Latin America's secular political crisis. By compiling the first complete analysis of Latin American military forces and their role in contemporary domestic politics, editor Augusto Varas has made a significant contribution to the study of Latin American politics. This first examination of the role of the armed forces during a period of relative political stability will be welcomed by historians and political scientists alike.
Download or read book A Scourge of Guns written by Michael T. Klare and published by Federation of American Scientists. This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Military and the State in Latin America written by Alain Rouquié and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Arms Transfers Diplomacy and Security in Latin America and Beyond written by David F. Ronfeldt and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latin America has participated in the global surge of arms transfers, seeking moderately advanced weapons from U.S. and European suppliers. Yet it remains a lightly armed region compared to the world at large. This paper discusses pros and cons of arms transfers--that they increase prospects for local border conflicts, and strengthen dictatorships that violate human rights; yet U.S. interests require some preemptive selling. In particular, the authors challenge the expectation that arms transfers lead to political influence and leverage. Also discussed are restrictive U.S. policies towards arms transfers that have cost the United States political goodwill, and Latin American military geopolitical views emphasizing the need for developing economic infrastructures and pursuing diplomatic initiatives rather than an arms buildup to protect national security. A unique contribution of this paper is the hypothesis that prestigious weapons are more significant for their diplomatic symbolism than for their military capability in affecting relations between Latin American neighbors.
Download or read book Arms and Security in Latin America Recent Developments written by H. Jon Rosenbaum and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Militarization and Arms Control in Latin America written by Josef Goldblat and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Rule in Latin America written by University of Chicago. Center for Policy Study. Arms Control and Foreign Policy Seminar and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1973-07 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phillipe C. Schmitter: Introduction; Alain Rouquié: Military revolutions and national independence in Latin America.; Jerry L. Weaver:Assessing the Impact of Military Rule:Alternative approaches; Philippe C. Schmitter: Foreign military assistance, national military spending and military rule in Latin America; Geoffrey Kemp: The Prospects for Arms Control in Latin America: The Strategic dimensions; James R. Kurth: United States foreign policy and Latin American military rule.
Download or read book Militarization Democracy and Development written by Kirk S. Bowman and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do Third World countries benefit from having large militaries, or does this impede their development? Kirk Bowman uses statistical analysis to demonstrate that militarization has had a particularly malignant impact in this region. For his quantitative comparison he draws on longitudinal data for a sample of 76 developing countries and for 18 Latin American nations. To illuminate the causal mechanisms at work, Bowman offers a detailed comparison of Costa Rica and Honduras between 1948 and 1998. The case studies not only serve to bolster his general argument about the harmful effects of militarization but also provide many new insights into the processes of democratic consolidation and economic transformation in these two Central American countries.
Download or read book Transparency in Military Spending and Arms Acquisitions in Latin America and the Caribbean written by MARK BROMLEY. and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
