Craig L. Arceneaux is a Visiting Faculty Fellow at California State University, San Marcos.
“Bounded Missions presents a well-argued, original argument about
why military regimes in Brazil and the Southern Cone exhibited
widely varying abilities to control the transition to civilian
rule. It is a good example of a new wave of
historical-institutional scholarship that is providing new answers
to important questions about politics.”—Anthony W. Pereira,Tulane
University
“. . . there is a dearth of case studies of military rule and its
impact on democratization. This excellent book fills the gap. . .
.”—M. E. Carranza Choice
“This book provides a solid contribution to our understanding of
regime transitions, although from an unusual perspective: that of
the armed forces of an outgoing dictatorship. Since its inception,
the literature on democratization has argued that modes of regime
transition (and the actors empowered during this process) have a
substantial impact on the success and quality of a new democracy.
Craig Arceneaux's central insight is that who retains control of
the process in a transition from a military dictatorship depends to
a great degree on the cohesion of the armed forces and the
coherence of their economic and political strategy. To establish
this proposition, Arceneaux adopts an institutionalist approach to
examine five cases of transition in South America, all drawn from
the period of prolonged military rule that characterized the region
during the 1960s and 1970s. . . . Given the paucity of studies
focusing on this level of analysis of authoritarian regimes, each
of the country cases analyzed in this book represents a valuable
contribution in and of itself to our understanding of this period
in Latin American politics.”—Harold A. Trinkunas American Political
Science Review (APSR)
“Ranging from revolution in Argentina to the controlled transition
in Brazil, Bounded Missions offers extensively researched and
detailed data, all while drawing erudite and insightful conclusions
on the history and future of nations. Bounded Missions is highly
recommended for Latin American Studies, Political Science, and
Military History reference collections and supplemental reading
lists.”—Midwest Book Review
“The systematic discussion and comparison of five of the
most-studied military regimes in South America makes this a
valuable addition to the libraries of area specialists.”—Jeanne K.
Giraldo Political Science Quarterly
“The author has undertaken a mammoth task, and completed it well.
Bounded Missions makes a worthy case for restoring civil-military
relations to a central position in policy analysis.”—Claude
Welch,SUNY-Buffalo
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