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Until 1930, Argentina was one of the great hopes for stable democracy in Latin America. Argentines themselves believed in the destiny of their nation to become the leading Latin American country in wealth, power, and culture. But the revolution of 1930 unleashed the scourges of modern militarism and chronic instability in the land. Between 1930 and 1966, the Argentine armed forces, or factions of the armed forces, overthrew the government five times. For several decades, militarism was the central problem in Argentine political life. In this study, Marvin Goldwert interprets the rise, growth, and development of militarism in Argentina from 1930 to 1966. The tortuous course of Argentine militarism is explained through an integrating hypothesis. The army is viewed as a "power factor," torn by a permanent dichotomy of values, which rendered it incapable of bringing modernization to Argentina. Caught between conflicting drives for social order and modernization, the army was an ambivalent force for change. First frustrated by incompetent politicians (1916-1943), the army was later driven by Colonel Juan D. Perón into an uneasy alliance with labor (1943-1955). Peronism initially represe

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Author

Marvin Goldwert

Publisher

Published for the Institute of Latin American Studies by the University of Texas Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780292715004

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, History, Humanities