Role of the Military in Underdeveloped Countries
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Role of the Military in Underdeveloped Countries

  1. 436 pages
  2. English
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Role of the Military in Underdeveloped Countries

About this book

This volume examines the social and political role of the armed forces in the emergent countries of Latin America, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East. The contributors include such distinguished historians and political scientists as Belmont Brice, James S. Coleman, and Lucian W. Pye. They offer here some searching observations on the political structure of the new states, on the relationship between the needs of internal order and those of external defense, and on the curious fact that military regimes, while they have promoted national development, social change, and free political practices in some countries, have hampered similar growth in others.

Originally published in 1962.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction by John J. Johnson
  5. The Military in the Political Development of the New States by Edward Shils
  6. Armies in the Process of Political Modernization by Lucian W. Pye
  7. The Latin-American Military as a Politically Competing Group in Transitional Society by John J. Johnson
  8. Militarism and Politics in Latin America by Edwin Lieuwen
  9. The Stages of Militarism in Latin America by Victor Alba
  10. The Role of the Military in Indonesia by Guy J. Pauker
  11. The Army in Burmese Politics by Lucian W. Pye
  12. The Military in Thai Politics by David A. Wilson
  13. Middle Eastern Armies and the New Middle Class by Manfred Halpern
  14. The Role of the Military in Israel by Ben Halpern
  15. The Role of the Military in Sub-Saharan Africa by James S. Coleman and Belmont Brice, Jr.
  16. Biographical Sketches of the Authors
  17. Index