The first three chapters raise initial concerns about using private violence in place of state militaries.
Moreover, a penchant for intervention in the economy cannot be used to explain the military's enthusiasm for industrial promotion.
Her assessment of the growing tensions with the army, especially around the military's control and misuse of international assistance following the earthquake of 1976 is also informative.
In ancient days militaries were necessary.
The only exception remained the military's link with petroleum, which throughout remained a critical source of funding for the military's projects in the oil boom of the 1970s and 1980s.
Both phases reflected the intransigence of defeated militaries, and both entailed the kind of suffering for civilian populations which we can barely appreciate, sixty-odd years on.
The most important contribution of the work, then, is that elected civilian regimes have to adhere to democratic norms and standards if they are to maintain control over their militaries.
Political intrusion compounded the military's woes.
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