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For la Patria : politics and the armed forces in Latin America
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- Creator
- Brian Loveman
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Wilmington, Del. : SR Books, 1999
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xxvii, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 0585282072, 0842027726, 0842027734, 9780842027731, 9780842027724, 9780585282077
- OCLC
- ocm45732931, ocm39060555
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-321) and index.
- Introduction: armed forces, militarylore, and la Patria -- The Iberian military tradition: from the kingdoms of las Espanas to la Patria -- Inventing la Patria: wars, Caudillismo, and politics, 1810-1885 -- Foreign military missions and la Patria -- Variations on patriotic themes, La Patria and the armed forces from the great depressions to the cold war -- La Patria and the cold war: from Pearl Harbor to the Bays of Pigs -- La Patria and the cold war: from the Bay of Pigs to the Gulf of Fonseca -- La Patria, regional security, and "Democracy" -- La Patria, the armed forces, and human rights -- La Patria and Perestroika: toward the twenty-first century