Exam 8: Soldiers and Politics

Latin America's Bureaucratic Authoritarian regimes (Argentina,Brazil,Chile,and Uruguay)had political ideologies and goals much like Sub-Saharan Africa's revolutionary regimes.

One important means of protecting civilian government from military interference or takeovers is having a national constitution and legal system that gives the civilian president or prime minister final control over the armed forces.

Some military governments have brought their country economic growth and development,but they almost always inhibit political development.

What part of the Third World has had the largest numbers of Marxist military regimes?

At one time,many political scientists and others scholars of the LDCs thought that the armed forces had a number of positive qualities that made them particularly well suited for governing Third World countries.What were those qualities? How well did military governments actually perform?

Which of the following has NOT been an important reason why various military regimes have stepped down during the past 50 years?

"Personalistic" military regimes (built around one strongman)have been least common in

After seizing political power,military governments have

What type of society and economy is most likely to have radical (leftist)military coups?

Among the alternative roles that civilian governments have given the armed forces in countries such as Mexico,using the military to fight the war on drugs has been one of the most successful and satisfactory.

Since military regimes are very reluctant to admit defeat,they rarely step down during economic crises or downturn,preferring instead to wait until the economy improves.

During the last 20-25 years the number of successful military takeovers

Because they have been successful in reducing ethnic tensions in their own ranks,the armed forces in countries such as Nigeria have a strong record of reducing ethnic tensions in the population as a whole.

What is the difference between "the old professionalism" and "the new professionalism" in the training of military officers?

Following years of military interference in politics,the leaders of contesting political parties,signed the Pact of Punto Fijo,increasing party cooperation and keeping the military out of national politics for decades.That pact became a model of civilian political consensus designed to keep the military from interfering in politics elsewhere.In which country was the Pact of Punto Fijo signed?

What are the differences between personalistic and institutional military regimes? In your Answer: make sure to include differences in each type's goals.

Institutional military regimes frequently have a common set of objectives when the armed forces seize power.Which one of the following is NOT amongst them?

In which of the following countries did the leader of the old regime shell pro-democracy rebels?

In what way have frequent military coups in some countries made civilian governments more corrupt?

In recent years,international organizations such as the UN,the Organization of American States,and the African Union