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Article: Political management of the military in Latin America.(Latin American Defense Affairs)
- Article from:
- Military Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
- Author:
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LATIN AMERICAN political leaders have had considerable success at subordinating their militaries to civilian rule, but they have done so without a fundamental knowledge of or interest in defense affairs. But, our own definitions of civilian control, which almost uniformly stipulate that civilians must be well versed on defense if they are to lead, preclude us from comprehending these positive trends. The definitions, which are normative and based largely on standards imported from North America and Western Europe, are exacting, and they erect hurdles that Latin America not only has not cleared but cannot clear.
Consequently, a great disjuncture exists between what ...