For La Patria: Politics and the Armed Forces in Latin America

Introduction: Armed Forces, Militarylore, and la Patria; The Iberian Military Tradition: From the Kingdoms of las Espanas to la Patria; Inventing la Patria: Wars, Caudillismo, and Politics; Foreign Military Missions and la Patria; Variations on Patriotic Themes: La Patria and the Armed Forces from the Great Depression to the Cold War; Lat Patria and the Cold War: From Pearl Harbor to the Bay of Pigs; La Patria and the Cold War: From the Bay of Pigs to the Gulf of Fonseca; La Patria, Regional Security, and "Democracy"; La Patria, the Armed Forces, and Human Rights; La Patria and Perestroika: Toward the Twenty-first Century; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.