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

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Bloomsbury Academic, 1999 M07 30 - 248 páginas

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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The Frontier Dispute
19
The Conquest of the Desert
50
The Economic Progress of Argentina and Chile
79
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GEORGE v. RAUCH is an editor and correspondent for various magazines, including Avions, Jets, and Soldiers and Raids. Dr. Rauch has been an officer in the U.S. military.

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