The Guatemalan military since the peace accords: The fate of reform under Arzú and Portillo

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-85

  Ruhl, J Mark ^a  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILITARY INTERVENTION; PEACE PROCESS; POLITICAL CHANGE; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13444282469     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2005.tb00301.x     Document Type: Article

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