Generals in the Palacio: The Military in Modern Mexico. (book reviews)

This is probably the most up-to-date and analytical, but mainly sociological, study of Mexican generals and politics that we have today. The author's research and methodology are impressively comprehensive, as are his efforts to analyze the role of the Mexican military in recent times. The book amounts to the latest, and probably the only, structural analysis of the Mexican military's attitude, nature, structure, role, and image vis-a-vis the civilian sector, as well as the civilian perception of the military.

It is obvious that Ai Camp has researched the literature extensively. As a ...

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