Militarization and the International Arms Race in Latin America

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: VARAS, Augusto Varas, Varas Augusto
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780367005214
• ISBN: 978-0-367-00521-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Latin America, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / General, Politics & government, Politics and government, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, History of the Americas