ABSTRACT
Little effort has been made to distinguish between various classes of military regimes. One of the clearest examples of this type of regime is provided by Cuba from the Revolution of 1933 to Batista's election to the Presidency in 1940. Direct military rule in its brute form, unjustified by any other principles than its own success and its vague promises to do well by the people, is a short-lived form of rule. The various modes by which direct military rule is tricked out in the regalia of legitimacy and civil affection are best explained, however, by looking at a number of direct military regimes and observing the steps they took. The direct military regime of Nasser passed into its final phase, that of quasi-civilianization, in 1956. In July 1959, after Peron had published what he claimed was a pre-election pact between himself and Frondizi, a number of the military men demanded changes in the government.
