Rath, Thomas G.

Myths of demilitarization in postrevolutionary Mexico, 1920-1960Thomas Rath. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (ix, 244 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Antimilitarism and revolution in Mexico -- Cardenismo, revolutionary citizenship, and the redefinition of Mexican militarism, 1934-1940 -- Heaven gave you a soldier for every son : conscription and resistance in Mexico in the 1940s -- Civilianism and its discontents : officers, politics, and the PRI -- Military policing and society in Mexico, 1940-1960 -- The army, veterans, and the historical memory of the revolution.



9781469608358


Mexico. Ejército --History--20th century.


Civil-military relations--Mexico--History--20th century.
Civil supremacy over the military--History--Mexico--20th century.


Electronic Books.

JL1220 / .M984 2013