Latin America's wars / Robert L. Scheina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheina, Robert L.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caudillos.

History.

Latin America--History, Military--19th century.

Latin America.

History, Military.

Caudillos--Latin America--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, [2003-]

Summary:

-- Based on more than twenty years of exhaustive research in the United States, Central America, and South America

-- Covers every type of military activity, including internal and external conflicts, terrorism, coups, and conflicts born of ideological, economic, racial, and religious strife

-- Provides an indispensable reference tool for anyone interested in Latin American history

Robert Scheina's latest book, drawn upon years of research, lecturing, and teaching in the field, is a groundbreaking and definitive study of latin American military history. Despite the pivotal role of wars in U.S. history, few in the United States understand their effect elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere. This volume examines the various wars for independence in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in Latin America and the area's conflicts with the United States. Scheina concludes with the beginnings of overt U.S. political intervention in the region. He focuses on operational history in the context of war as an instrument of politics and society, including insightful analyses of the military as an institution and its relations with civilian government. Latin America's Wars fills a void in the literature, broadens U.S. readers' understanding of their neighbors, and serves as a launching point for new scholarship.

Contents:

v. 1. The age of the caudillo, 1791-1899

v. 2. The age of the professional soldier, 1900-2001.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1574884492

1574884506

OCLC:

49942250