The argentine army in democracy: from the “doctrine of national se- curity” to the definition of the "new threats"(1983-2001)

Authors

  • Germán Soprano CONICET/Universidad Nacional de Quilmes/Universidad Nacional de La Plata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53351/ruhm.v4i7.100

Keywords:

National defense, International security, Argentine Army, National Secutiry Doctrine, New Threats

Abstract

This paper analyzes military conceptions about the policy of national defense and international security in Argentina between 1983 and 2001. We focus on a study of articles published by officers in the Revista de la Escuela Superior de Guerra, we want to understand in which way argentine military analyzed different phenomena of national, regional and international scope related to these issues by the end of the 20th century; and recognize if military professional discussions of those years was accompanied by changes in the agenda of defense in democracy. We will demonstrate, on the one hand, that the "national security doctrine" influenced the view between 1983 and 1993, and on the other hand, since the 1990s affirmed perceptions of conflict related to the so-called "new threats".

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Author Biography

  • Germán Soprano, CONICET/Universidad Nacional de Quilmes/Universidad Nacional de La Plata

    Germán Soprano es profesor en Historia, Magister en Sociología y Doctor en Antropología Social. Investigador del CONICET y profesor en la Universidad Nacional de Quilmes y la Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina). Investiga en perspectiva histórica y etnográfica sobre política de defensa, educación y formas de sociabilidad en la profesión militar en la Argentina desde 1983 al presente. Ha publicado artículos sobre esas temáticas en libros y revistas académicas especializadas. Es co-editor con Ernesto Bohoslavsky del libro Un Estado con rostro humano. Funcionarios e instituciones estatales en Argentina desde 1880 a la actualidad (2010) y co-editor con Sabina Frederic y Osvaldo Graciano de El Estado argentino y las profesiones liberales, académicas y armadas (2010). Recientemente publicó en co-autoría con Sabina Frederic y Laura Masson el libro Fuerzas Armadas en democracia. Percepciones de los militares argentinos sobre su reconocimiento (2015)

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The argentine army in democracy: from the “doctrine of national se- curity” to the definition of the "new threats"(1983-2001). (2015). Revista Universitaria De Historia Militar, 4(7), 86-107. https://doi.org/10.53351/ruhm.v4i7.100

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