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Author Peguero, Valentina.

Title The militarization of culture in the Dominican Republic, from the captains general to General Trujillo / Valentina Peguero.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 263 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in war, society, and the military
Studies in war, society, and the military.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-247) and index.
Contents The origins and development of the Dominican military and its culture, 1844-1916 -- The military aspect of the U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic : the Marines and La Guardia -- From soldier to commander in chief : Trujillo's military career -- The road to the presidency for the army's commander : society, state, and soldiers -- Changing the military, altering society : control, recruitment, and education of the armed forces -- The new fatherland : functions of the army and the Dominicanización plan -- Paradoxical rewards : promotions, nepotism, and racialism -- A new dimension of civil-military relations : expansion of the armed forces -- Citizens and soldiers : militarization, resistance, and paramilitarism -- Epilogue : the end of Trujillo's dictatorship and the transcendence of military culture in society.
Summary The Militarization of Culture in the Dominican Republic, from the Captains General to General Trujillo traces the interaction of the military and the civilian population, showing the many ways in which the military ethos has permeated Dominican culture. Valentina Peguero categorizes the Dominican military before 1930 as protectionists, facilitators, or self-servers, a framework that sheds new light on Dominican civil-military relations.cPeguero synchronizes the history of the Dominican military and that of Dominican society from her dual perspectives as a native of the Dominican Republic during the Trujillo era and as a historian who is well acquainted with the country's history and literature. She shows how the brutal Trujillo dictatorship created La Nueva Patria (The New Fatherland) to promote a new order and present the military as a model for society, imposing military principles on the civil society and mixing military culture with popular culture to reshape the nation. Structured around interviews with former military personnel, scholars, and politicians, this study brings to life documentary information and presents a poignant narrative that describes the unintended consequences that resulted when Trujillo valued arming the nation above meeting the needs of the populace.
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Subject Civil-military relations -- Dominican Republic -- History.
Civil-military relations.
Dominican Republic.
History.
Social control -- Dominican Republic -- History.
Social control.
Dominican Republic -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Dominican Republic -- Politics and government -- 1844-1930.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1844-1930
Subject Dominican Republic -- Politics and government -- 1930-1961.
Chronological Term 1930-1961
Subject Dominican Republic -- Military policy.
Military policy.
Chronological Term 1844-1961
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Peguero, Valentina. Militarization of culture in the Dominican Republic, from the captains general to General Trujillo. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2004 0803237413 (DLC) 2004011874 (OCoLC)55495120
ISBN 0803204345 (electronic book)
9780803204348 (electronic book)
1280510102
9781280510106
0803237413 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780803237414 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
Sudoc No. U5001 T658 .0006 -2004