The Potential for Conflict in Latin America: A Cross-National Study.
Abstract
This paper has one primary and five secondary objectives. The major purpose is to examine the potential for conflict in Latin America--with particular emphasis on the Andean countries. The secondary objectives are to: (1) inject discipline and reasoned operational definitions into a generally 'fuzzy' area of study, and to contribute to a theoretical-empirical elucidation of the contemporary power equation; (2) outline Latin American security fears; (3) measure the relative vulnerability of the various Latin American countries to overt and international systemic aggression; (4) determine the apparent direction in which the relative vulnerabilities of the countries of this region are moving; and, finally, (5) suggest some implications and recommendations for United States policy in the Hemisphere. Through the fusing of data with theory at this macro-level, one can better understand the realities of international conflict in the contemporary world; determine general patterns; and, hopefully, establish an effective reference point in the formulation of broad policy. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 16, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA089323
Entities
People
- Max G. Manwaring
Organizations
- United States Army War College