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Michael
Hofmann
Perus
Außenbeziehungen unter der Militärregierung
Peru's
external relations during military rule
(Frankfurt
on Main: Haag + Herchen, 1978),
German.International Relations - Theory and History No. 1
Frankfurt on Main: Haag+Herchen 1978, 305 pp.,
ISBN 3-88129-176-8
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The military
in Latin America have been a conservative and repressive force
to prevent social change. The Peruvian military which ruled
since 1978 appeared to be an exception. Besides domestic reforms,
especially in agriculture, the regime challenged the United
States. In addition the military government established ties
to socialist countries, including Cuba, and became a leader
in the Third World. The author shows that the military considered
domestic reform and foreign policy as an indispensable precondition
for a strategy of industrialisation. He argues that the development
model of the military could not overcome the dependence of
Peru due to the high foreign debt, the failure of the non-aligned
movement to establish raw material cartels like OPEC, the
isolation of the country from the other conservative regimes.
All these reasons forced the Peruvian military to adopt a
strategy of repression against the victims of capitalist development.
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ibhh01;
Language: German; Areas: economic development,
development theory, military; Region: South America,
Peru.
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