Military  

Websites

research in progress  

LANIC military links (English) (Español)
Extensive listings of military websites on LANIC website

 

Articles, Book Chapters, and Conference Papers

   
Agüero, Felipe. "Legacies of Transitions: Institutionalization, the Military and Democracy in South America," Mershon International Studies Review, 42 (1998): 383-404.  
Booth, John A. and Bayer Richard, Patricia. "Repression, Participation and Democratic Norms in Urban Central America." American Journal of Political Science 40: 4 (1996): 1205-1232.
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Cassman, Joel. "Building the Rule of Law: A Model of Police-Military Relations in Latin America," Low Intensity Conflict & Law Enforcement, 11, 1 (Spring, 2002).  
Dickson Jr. Thomas I. "An Approach to the Study of the Latin American Military." Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 14: 4 (1972) : 455-468.
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Huber Stephens, Evelyne. "The Peruvian Military Government, Labor Mobilization, and the Political Strength of the Left." Latin American Research Review 18: 2 (1983): 57-93.
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Hyman, Elizabeth H. "Soldiers in Politics: New Insights on Latin American Armed Forces." Political Science Quarterly 87: 3 (1972): 401-418.
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Kossok, Manfred. "The Armed Forces in Latin America: Potential for Changes in Political and Social Functions."Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affair 14: 4 (1972) : 375-398.
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Lieuwen, Edwin. "The Changing Role of the Military in Latin America" Journal of Inter-American Studies 3: 4 (1961) : 559-569.
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Loveman, Brian. "Protected Democracies" and Military Guardianship: Political Transitions in Latin America, 1978-1993." Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 36: 2 (1994):105-189.
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Lowy ,Michael, Sader, Eder, and Gorman, Stephen. "The Militarization of the State in Latin America." Latin American Perspectives 12: 4 (1985): 7-40.
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Marcella Gabriel. "The Latin American Military, Low Intensity Conflict, and Democracy." Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 32: 1 (1990): 45-82.
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McAlister L. N. "Recent Research and Writings on the Role of the Military in Latin America" Latin American Research Review 2: 1 (1966): 5-36.
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Menton, Seymour. "Los Senores Presidentes y Los Guerrilleros: The New and the Old Guatemalan Novel (1976-1982)." Latin American Research Review 19: 2 (1984): 93-117.
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Munck, Ronaldo. "The "Modern" Military Dictatorship in Latin America: The Case of Argentina (1976-1982)." Latin American Perspectives 12: 4 (1985) :41-74.
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Needler, Martin C. "Military Motivations in the Seizure of Power." Latin American Research Review 10: 3 (1975): 63-79.
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Needler, Martin C. "The Latin American Military: Predatory Reactionaries or Modernizing Patriots?" Journal of Inter-American Studies 11: 2 (1969): 237-244.
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Nunn, Frederick M. "The South American Military and (Re) Democratization: Professional Thought and Self-Perception." Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 37: 2 (1995): 1-56.
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Pantojas-Garcia, Emilio. " The U.S. Caribbean Basin Initiative and the Puerto Rican Experience: Some Parallels and Lessons." Latin American Perspectives 12: 4 (1985) : 105-128.
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Pion-Berlin, David. "Political Management of the Military in Latin America," Military Review, (January-February, 2005): 19-31. También disponible en Español: "El Manejo Político de las Fuerzas Armadas en Latinoamérica," Military Review, (Marzo-Abril, 2005): 52-67.
Available in English at (5-18-2005): http://www.leavenworth.army.mil/milrev/download/english/JanFeb05/Bpio.pdf
Disponible en Español en (5-18-2005): http://www.leavenworth.army.mil/milrev/download/Spanish/MarApr05/berlin.pdf
 
Ross, Jennifer. "The Changing Role of the Military in Latin America," Focal Policy Papers (November, 2004).
Available at (5-14-2005): http://www.focal.ca/pdf/Latam_military.pdf
 
Ruhl, Mark J. "Redefining Civil-Military Relations in Honduras." Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 38: 1 (1996): 33-66.
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Serrano, Monica. "The Armed Branch of the State: Civil-Military Relations in Mexico." Journal of Latin American Studies 27: 2 (1995): 423-448.
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Slatta, Richard W. "Recent Literature on the Latin American Military." Military Affairs 51: 2 (1987): 75-78.
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Sonntag, Heinz R., de la Cruz, Rafael, and Campbell, Stephanie. " The State and Industrialization in Venezuela." Latin American Perspectives 12: 4 (1985): 75-104.
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Books and Monographs

research in progress  
Etienne, Teodoro. Fuerzas Armadas de América Latina: Nuevo Rol: Problemática de la
Droga
, Tercer Mundo, Bogotá, Colombia, 1997.
 
Loveman, Brian and Thomas M. Davies, Jr. (Eds). The Politics of Antipolitics: The Military in Latin America, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 1978.  

Montoya, Roberto. El Caso Pinochet y la Impunidad en América Latina. República Argentina : Editorial Pandemia, 2000.

 
Neuman, Elías. El Abuso de Poder en la Argentina y Otros Países Latinoamericanos. Buenos Aires : Espasa Calpe, 1994.  

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