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The United States and the Armed Forces of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, 2000-2014 /
"Tracing the U.S. government's efforts to shape the armed forces of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean from 2000 to 2014, this narrative concentrates on the army but also discusses air force and naval forces, including the Marines and the Coast Guard. Police forces in those regions...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Table of Contents; List of Maps; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Venezuela: The April 2002 Coup; The Break with the U.S. Government; The Attempt to Topple Hugo Chávez; The Coup Within the Coup; The Counter Coup; 2. The Expansion of the Armed Forces of Venezuela; The Venezuelan Military Until December 2006; The Military and the Presidential Election of 3 December 2006; 3. Unconditional Allies of the United States; Guatemala: Settling Old Scores with the Army; Rebuilding the Army of El Salvador; Improving the Armed Forces of Colombia; 4. Reluctant Mexico
- The Role of the Armed Forces in MexicoThe Presidency of Ernesto Zedillo, 1994-2000; The Presidency of Vicente Fox, 2000-2006, and El Chapo Guzmán; 5. The Militarization of Colombia and Venezuela; Colombia: Sustaining the Momentum; The Venezuelan Military After the Reelection of Hugo Chávez in December 2006; 6. Shaping the Arsenals of the Armed Forces; Nicaragua: Surface to Air Missiles; Venezuela: Arms Buildup; Mexico: Fighter Jets; 7. New Complications; Colombia: False Positives; Scandals in the Colombian Army; Jamaica: Trouble in Paradise; 8. Central America Turns to the Left
- Nicaragua: The Return of the SandinistasGuatemala: The First Leftist President of the Twenty-First Century; El Salvador: The FMLN in Office; 9. Honduras: The Coup of June 2009; The Presidency of José Manuel Zelaya; The Path to the Coup; The Coup of 28 June 2009; 10. Mexico: The Armed Forces Embrace the United States; The Start of the Felipe Calderón Presidency; The Military Offensive Against the Drug Cartels, 2008-2010; The Battle for Monterrey; The Hunt for El Chapo Guzmán; 11. Mexico: The Presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto; Pursuing the Drug Lords; The Challenge of Michoacán
- 12. Countries Without ArmiesCosta Rica: Creeping Militarization; Panama: The Struggle to Demilitarize; Haiti: Flawed Demobilization; 13. An Inconvenient Ally: The Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic; The Military of the Dominican Republic; 14. Defiant Cuba; Preserving the Revolutionary Legacy; The U.S. Vision for Cuba and the Caribbean; 15. Trying to Dismantle the Bush Legacy; Three Explanations; Chapter Notes; Annotated Selected Bibliography; Index