Partially available online.
Reviewed in: International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-) © 1996.
From the book cover:
A detailed exploration of the role of the Army in the political life of Argentina, this volume covers a crucial period in which both the Army and the political process underwent significant change. From the last years of Radical Party rule, more specifically from the reelection in 1928 of Hipólito Yrigoyen, to the achievement in 1945 of complete political control by Colonel Juan D. Perón, the Army’s political activity is examined under a variety of regimes and conditions.
Particular attention is given to the evolution of the Army as an institution, the treatment accorded the armed forces under various governments, the influence of Army officers on policy-making, and the interaction of individual officers with the political authorizes, civilian and military. Because the officer corps contributed many of the major figures in the period covered, the author seeks to establish with some degree of precision the social origins, basic attitudes, and the role conceptions of the officers. The data on the Argentine officer corps is presented, whenever possible, in terms of identifiable individuals rather than in nameless statistics.
This is the first of two volumes; a subsequent volume will deal with the period since 1945.
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