Militarization and the International Arms Race in Latin America

ISBN-13: 9780367005214 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 176 str.

Augusto Varas

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Introduction 1 The Role of the Armed Forces in Latin American Societies 2 A Corporatist Ideology for the Latin American 3 The Militarization of Latin America 4 The Arms Race in Latin America 5 The Transfer of Military Technology from Developed Countries 6 Perceptions of Security and Conflict and the Arms Race.7 Military Conflicts and Regional Peace Agreements 8 The Armed Forces and the Military Regime in Chile .9 Demilitarization, Disarmament, and Democracy

O autorze

<P>Augusto Varas is a professor at FLACSO (Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences), Santiago, Chile. He has served as a consultant to UNESCO's division of human rights, the UN University, and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.</P>