Latin America and the illusion of peace /

Latin American countries embraced liberal democracy as the antidote to the past ills of military dictatorships, human-rights abuses and extreme poverty. Yet, more than twenty years on, states are still embroiled in armed combat with rebels who export their violence and traffic drugs across borders,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mares, David R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Published by Routledge for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2012.
Series:Adelphi (Series) (International Institute for Strategic Studies) ; 429.
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Table of Contents:
  • Sources of conflict
  • The dynamics of militarisation
  • Latin American hot spots
  • Preserving the illusion : managing conflict in Latin America.