This book draws on detailed studies of military regimes round the world to discover how and why military authorities feel obliged to intervene in civilian politics. It explores the form and function of their political response. The analysis begins by defining the nature of military governments and the significance of Right-wing ideas and practice in their policies. It then examines the different conceptions of operations within a consistent ideological framework, why soldiers develop Right-wing beliefs and how the military develop political functions. The factors that lead to a military intervention in government are then discussed and a model is developed and tested from empirical evidence to identify the preconditions for military political actions in general and why they are likely to be Right-wing in particular. The book concludes by studying from comparative data the performance of military governments in power, the factors that lead to their departure, the forms of succession and the consequences, conflicts and problems the period of military rule leave for civilian governments.
- ISBN10 0805795553
- ISBN13 9780805795554
- Publish Date 1 August 1990 (first published 1 May 1990)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 4 August 2016
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Cengage Gale
- Imprint Twayne Publishers Inc.,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English