ABSTRACT
Military Rule in Latin America is basically a debunking of the new orthodoxy of dependency theory, a task that very much needed doing. This chapter points out the complexities involved in this area of research, although it does not, ironically enough, address itself to the consequences of military rule in Latin America. The volume is divided into three parts. The first is on the changing functions of military rule. Alain Rouquié contributes an excellent essay showing that what first appears in Latin American militarism in defense of national revolution emerges finally as revolutionary nationalism. The second part, on the consequences of military rule and military aid contains two sound essays. The final contribution on United States foreign policy and Latin American military rule is again a sophisticated piece of work showing that economic aid, direct investments, overseas trade, and military hardware do not uniquely determine the character of Latin American regimes.
