WAr in modern Latin America

Miguel Angel Centeno

doi:10.4324/9781315012704-12

WAr in modern Latin America

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The military plays an important role in our images of Latin America. Both popular media and academic analyses assume that the military has been and remains the critical state actor. It would be hard to imagine a region more associated with a strong military tradition or one where armed confict was apparently so central.1 Yet, while Latin American militaries have interfered in politics and often served as repressive policemen, they have rarely functioned as the more traditional roles of soldiers.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	War in the Modern World since 1815
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	142-168
Number of pages	27
ISBN (Electronic)	0415251397, 9781136402333
ISBN (Print)	9780415251396
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315012704-12
State	Published - Jan 1 2013

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