Civilian-military relations in Latin America.

From: Military Review | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: Bruneau, Thomas C.; Goetze, Richard B., Jr. | Copyright information

FOR SOME TIME NOW, there has been debate in academic circles about just how much civilian politicians in Latin America need to know, and do, to control their militaries. David Pion-Berlin, a highly regarded scholar on Latin American civil-military relations, has argued that "civilians do not have to worry about investing the necessary time to understanding defense, strategy, tactics, preparation, budgeting, deployment, doctrine, or training." (1) Pion-Berlin bases his argument on d...

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