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Conflict in the Southern Cone: The Argentine Military and the Boundary Dispute with Chile, 1870-1902

Conflict in the Southern Cone: The Argentine Military and the Boundary Dispute with Chile, 1870-1902

Rauch, George V.

Hardcover

General Military HistoryGeneral Political ScienceSouth American History

ISBN10: 0275963470
ISBN13: 9780275963477
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Jul 30 1999
Pages: 248
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.84 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.62
Language: English

In examining the history of a 19th-century boundary dispute between Chile and Argentina, Dr. Rauch offers insights into the motivations and processes of governments vis-á-vis the rationale and support of national military power. As he shows, a military establishment brings enormous costs to developing economies, leads to the formation of military elites, and has profound implications for a geographical region.

Following a discussion of Spanish colonization in the southern cone of Latin America, Rauch moves to the intercountry dispute; each country's search for allies; internal development difficulties; economic progress and military investment; internal development of the armed forces in each country; and their relative prowess, which ultimately resulted in Argentina's armed forces being the best trained and equipped in the region. Of considerable interest to scholars and researchers of Latin American, military, and developmental studies.

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