... the same-sex eroticism of women involved in the armed struggle in conversations related to research for this article, none of them authorized me to use any of the information or anecdotes that they relayed to me. The only published record that I have identified that features a lesbian is an oral history...

...Vitor Izecksohn Race, State, and Armed Forces in Independence-Era Brazil: Bahia, 1790s – 1840s . By Kraay Hendrik . Stanford : Stanford University Press , 2001 . Maps. Tables. Figures. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xii , 362 pp. Paper , $24.95 . Copyright 2006...

...J. Patrice Mcsherry The Armed Forces and Democracy in Latin America . By Fitch J. Samuel . Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press , 1998 . Tables. Figures. Appendix. Notes. Index . xx , 264 pp. Cloth, $48.00 . Paper, $16.95 . 2000 by Duke University Press 2000...

...Shawn C. Smallman For la Patria: Politics and the Armed Forces in Latin America . By Loveman Brian . Latin American Silhouettes: Studies in History and Culture . Wilmington, Del : Scholarly Resources , 1999 . xxvii , Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Figures. Glossary...

... an outside power, the military. “There were no other means, no alternatives for the uniformed reformers and an increasing number of civilian allies” (p. 126). Copyright 1971 by Duke University Press 1971 Chilean Politics, 1920-1931. The Honorable Mission of the Armed Forces . By Nunn...

...Robert A. Potash Argentina’s Lost Patrol: Armed Struggle, 1969-1979 . By Moyano María José . New Haven : Yale University Press , 1995 . Map. Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xiii , 226 pp. Cloth . $25.00 . Copyright 1996 by Duke University Press 1996...

...Andrés Suárez Rebellion, Revolution, and Armed Force. A Comparative Study of Fifteen Countries with Special Emphasis on Cuba and South America . By Russell D. E. H. . New York , 1974 . Academic Press . Appendix. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xiv , 210 . Cloth . $14.50...

...Stanley E. Hilton * The author is Professor of History at Louisiana State University. Copyright 1982 by Duke University Press 1982 Defense analysts in the late 1970s were increasingly impressed by a surprising phenomenon in the international arms sector: the emergence of Brazil...

... in Princeton, whose support is greatly appreciated. Copyright 1982 by Duke University Press 1982 During the period 1930–45 important transformations took place inside the Brazilian armed forces and in their relationships with the Brazilian state and society. From a weak and poorly organized...

..., and a number of supporters of other foreign interests and tendencies. In response, the German government, armed forces and war industry, at the turn of the century, began to defend their new and growing vested interests with determination. On the whole, activities related to the sale of weapons and warships...

... more effective. A minimal chronology of Brazil’s political history and an appendix stressing revolutionary political organizations are included for the non-specialist. The heart of the book deals with the 1968-1970 period during which “armed struggle” against the military régime appeared to hold...

...Holmes Alexander Debray has also tried to create a guerrilla mystique. It is too bad that he and the other Fidelistas never fought in any other war. Had they done so, Debray—and Castro—would have known that what they here regard as the exclusive emotional bond of revolutionaries in arms...

.... 90 . Paper.) Language and Area Studies in the Armed Services: Their Future Significance . By Robert John Mathew for the Commission on Implications of Armed Services Educational Programs . ( Washington : American Council on Education , 1947 . Pp. xix , 211 . $2.50 .) Area Studies...

...Daniel H. Levine The Venezuelan Armed Forces in Politics, 1935-1959 . By Burggraaff Winfield J. . Columbia, Missouri , 1972 . University of Missouri Press . Glossary. Appendices. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 241 . Cloth. $10.00 . Copyright 1973 by Duke University Press 1973...

... attempt to strong-arm the generals, knowing their range of responses was limited. Civilian politicians remained significant players in Brazil, and their reactions figured in the generals’ decision making. The 1978 paulista gubernatorial contest thus sheds light broadly on how authoritarian regimes coped...

...Herman L. Bennett Bearing Arms for His Majesty: The Free-Colored Militia in Colonial Mexico . By Vinson Ben III . Stanford : Stanford University Press , 2001 . Maps. Tables. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xvi, 304 pp. Cloth , $60.00 . Copyright 2004 by Duke University...

... of the time and so difficult to follow. Copyright 1997 by Duke University Press 1997 Mexicans at Arms: Puro Federalists and the Politics of War, 1845-1848 . By Santoni Pedro . Fort Worth ; Texas Christian University Press , 1996 . Notes. Bibliography. Index . xi , 323 pp. Cloth...

...Roy Arthur Glasgow Averting a Latin American Nuclear Arms Race: New Prospects and Challenges for Argentine-Brazilian Nuclear Cooperation . Edited by Leventhal Paul L. and Tanzer Sharon . New York : St. Martin’s Press , 1992 . Graphs. Tables. Appendixes. Notes. Index . xiii...

.... Glossary. Bibliography. Index . xiv , 237 pp. Paper . $17.95 . By Force of Arms: The Journals of Don Diego de Vargas, New Mexico, 1691-1693 . Edited by Kessel John L. and Hendricks Rick . Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , 1992 . Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Glossary...

...Jerome Slater Arms and Politics in the Dominican Republic . By Atkins G. Pope . Boulder : Westview Press , 1981 . Tables. Bibliographic essay. Index . Pp. xiv , 158 . Cloth. $20.00 . Copyright 1982 by Duke University Press 1982 This is a most welcome book, the first...