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Author Holden, Robert H.

Title Armies without nations : public violence and state formation in Central America, 1821-1960 / Robert H. Holden.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  303.609728 H711a 2004    ---  Available
Description x, 336 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part 1 : 1821-1939. Historical dimensions of public violence in Latin America -- Binding hatreds : public violence, state, and nation in Central American history -- Guatemala : organizing for war -- El Salvador : a democracy of violence -- Honduras : caudillos in search of an army -- Nicaragua : a new army finds its caudillo -- Costa Rica : caudillos in search of a state -- Part 2 : 1940-1960. Transformations -- Defining collaboration : the United States and Central America -- Guatemala : "Showcase of Latin America" -- El Salvador : distrustful collaborator -- Honduras : remaking an "armed rabble" -- Nicaragua : "Ready to receive orders from Uncle Sam" -- Costa Rica : an army renamed -- Conclusions -- Statistical appendix -- Notes.
Subject Political violence -- Central America -- History.
Central America -- Politics and government.
State-sponsored terrorism -- Central America -- History.
ISBN 0195161203 (alk. paper)

 
    
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