Blood and debt: war and the nation-state in Latin America

"What role does war play in political development? Our understanding of the rise of the nation-state is based heavily on the Western European experience of war. Challenging the dominance of this model, Blood and Debt looks at Latin America's much different experience as more relevant to po...

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1. Verfasser: Centeno, Miguel Angel (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: University Park, Pa. Pennsylvania State Univ. Press 2002
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Zusammenfassung:"What role does war play in political development? Our understanding of the rise of the nation-state is based heavily on the Western European experience of war. Challenging the dominance of this model, Blood and Debt looks at Latin America's much different experience as more relevant to politics today in regions as varied as the Balkans and sub-Saharan Africa."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:XIV, 329 S. graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:0271021659