Brian J. Bosch

The Salvadoran Officer Corps and the Final Offensive of 1981

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The ""final offensive,"" an insurgent campaign fought after El Salvador's coup of 1979, clearly demonstrated the strengths, weaknesses, idiosyncrasies, and behavior of the Salvadoran officer corps. During this crucial period, the military institution faced the double threat of internal politics and a rebel guerrilla army. Colonel Bosch served as the U.S. Embassy's Defense and Army Attache during the crisis. His intimate perspective brings to life the important political and military events before, during and after the final offensive. His book also offers an historical perspective of officer attitudes from 1931 to 1979. The Armed Forces political crisis of 1979 and 1980 is discussed, followed by a detailed analysis of the final offensive, the short-lived cohesiveness shown by the officer corps and the divisiveness that lasted through the war and into peace. The text is complemented by a map and photographs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780786475346
• ISBN-10: 078647534X
• Artikelnr.: 37328440

Autorenporträt

Brian J. Bosch, Colonel, United States Army, retired, spent most of his service in military intelligence. Before El Salvador, in 1970-1974 he was the U.S. Embassy's Defense Attache in the Dominican Republic. He held a Latin American position in the Pentagon, and was military attache operations chief for Latin America. Now living in Chevy Chase, Maryland, he has written for professional and academic journals on political and military affairs.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Introduction     
Map     
I. The Officer Corps: 1931-1979     
II. A Military View of the Armed Forces: 1979-1980     
III. The Politico-Military Crisis: 1979-1980     
IV. The Politico-Military Crisis Continues: 1980     
V. The Conduct of the War: 1980     
VI. The Events Leading Up to the Final Offensive: 1980-1981     
VII. The Final Offensive: January 10-13     
VIII. The Final Offensive: January 13-18     
IX. The General Offensive: January 18-26     
X. The Post-Final Offensive Period in El Salvador: The First Decade     
XI. Epilogue: Peace and the Officer Corps     
Notes     
Bibliography     
Index