Armies and politics in Latin America / A. Lowenthal --

General interpretations : Politics, social structure, and military intervention in Latin America / G. Germani and K. Silvert. The middle-class military coup revisited / J. Nun. Toward explaining military intervention in Latin American politics / R.D. Putnam. Military intervention, political competitiveness, and public policy in Latin America, 1950-1967 / P. Schmitter --

Case studies : The military in Chilean politics / L. North. Modernization and military coups / G. O'Donnell. The new professionalism of internal warfare and military role expansion / A. Stepan. Rhetoric and reality in a militarized regime / B. Ames. The Mexican Army and political order since 1940 / D. Ronfeldt. The political role of the Dominican Armed Forces / A.F. Lowenthal. The civic soldier in Cuba / J. Domínguez.