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Armies without nations : public violence and state formation in Central America, 1821-1960 /

Main Author: Holden, Robert H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Political violence > History. > Central America
State-sponsored terrorism > History. > Central America
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
Politics and government
Political violence.
Central America > Politics and government.
Central America.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=121469
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505 0 |a Part 1 : 1821-1939. Historical dimensions of public violence in Latin America -- Binding hatreds : public violence, state, and nation in Central American history -- Guatemala : organizing for war -- El Salvador : a democracy of violence -- Honduras : caudillos in search of an army -- Nicaragua : a new army finds its caudillo -- Costa Rica : caudillos in search of a state -- Part 2 : 1940-1960. Transformations -- Defining collaboration : the United States and Central America -- Guatemala : "Showcase of Latin America" -- El Salvador : distrustful collaborator -- Honduras : remaking an "armed rabble" -- Nicaragua : "Ready to receive orders from Uncle Sam" -- Costa Rica : an army renamed -- Conclusions -- Statistical appendix -- Notes. 
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