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It is widely believed that autocratic regimes cannot limit their power through institutions of their own making. This book presents a surprising challenge to this view. It demonstrates that the Chilean armed forces were constrained by institutions of their own design. Based on extensive documentation of military decision-making, much of it long classified and unavailable, this book reconstructs the politics of institutions within the recent Chilean dictatorship (1973-1990). It examines the structuring of institutions at the apex of the military junta, the relationship of military rule with the prior constitution, the intra-military conflicts that led to the promulgation of the 1980 constitution, the logic of institutions contained in the new constitution, and how the constitution constrained the military junta after it went into force in 1981. This provocative account reveals the standard account of the dictatorship as a personalist regime with power concentrated in Pinochet to be grossly inaccurate.

Constitutional history --- Civil-military relations --- Military and civilian power --- Military-civil relations --- Executive power --- Sociology, Military --- Military government --- History. --- Chile --- Politics and government --- Histoire constitutionnelle --- Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire --- Histoire --- Chili --- Politique et gouvernement --- Social Sciences --- Political Science

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In varying circumstances, military organizations around the world are undergoing major restructuring. This book explores why, and how, militaries change. The authors focus on a complex of three influencing factors—cultural norms, politics, and new technology—offering a historical perspective of more than a century. Their analyses range from developing states to Russia, Britain, the U.S., and NATO. Throughout, they reveal the manifold interactions between state and military, and also within both, as primary driving forces of change.

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Seit der Gründung der Nationalen Volksarmee 1956 strebte die SED nach umfassender politischer Kontrolle der Streitkräfte. Angesichts der deutschen Teilung und vor dem Hintergrund des ungarischen Aufstandes von 1956 war die SED in besonderem Maße auf die Loyalität der Armeeführung angewiesen; eine deutsch-deutsche Konfrontation im Rahmen des Ost-West-Konflikts und die Niederschlagung innerer Unruhen waren die wahrscheinlichsten Szenarien für den Einsatz der NVA. Der Versuch, die Zuverlässigkeit der Armee durch massive politische Interventionen sicherzustellen, führte jedoch zu Störungen der mil

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