Soldier and the State in South America

PATRICIO SILVA is Lecturer of Political Sociology at the Institute of Cultural and Social Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands. He is co-editor of several books including Designers of Development: Intellectuals and Technocrats in the Third World (1995), The Politics of Expertise in Latin America (1998), and Modernization, Leadership and Participation (1999).

• Preface Notes on the Contributors The Soldier and the State in South America: Introduction; P.Silva Foreign Influences on the South American Military: Professionalization and Politicization; F.M.Nunn War, Society and the State in the Southern Cone, 1800-1870; H.Vogel The Army as a Modernizing Actor in Brazil, 1870-1930; C.Castro Military Governments: Continuity and Change in Twentieth Century South America; G.Philip Forging Military-Technocratic Alliances: The Ibanez and Pinochet Regimes in Chile; P.Silva Mourning and Mistrust in Civil-Military Relations in Post-dirty War Argentina; A.Robben Political Orientations and Factionalism in the Brazilian Armed Forces, 1964-1985; K.Koonings Civil-Military Relations in Post-Authoritarian Chile; F.R.Aravena In Permanent Retreat?: The Modest Future Role of the Armed Forces in South America; P.Cammack References Index

"...the essays in this volume provide a trenchant, multidisciplinary analysis of the nature and evolution of civil-military relations in South America.The approach is cutting edge." - Choice