The Development of the Cuban Military as a Sociopolitical Elite, 1763-83
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2838751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allan J Kuethe (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 695 |
| Publication date | 1981-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispanic American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2168 • E-ISSN: 1527-1900 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2514610 |
| OpenAlex | W4238180158 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
HE reformed Bourbon military has emerged from recent literature with something less than an imposing reputation. In his pioneering work on New Spain, Lyle N. McAlister stressed the propensity of the Mexican military to engage in frivolous, damaging jurisdictional disputes, thereby clogging the administration of justice, and, in the process, ultimately undermining royal authority. One might wonder if the Mexican soldiery was capable of fighting outside the courtroom.' Christon Archer, while dismissing the fuero militar as a minor privilege, nevertheless painted an even drearier picture of the Mexican army. Among the many colorful images that emerge from his work, perhaps the most memorable are those of feverridden troops lying ill at Veracruz and dying in droves, while local merchants turned a pretty profit at their expense, and of inland militiamen lamely marching through their Sunday drills, pieces falling from their aging muskets, all the while dreaming of the opportunity to desert.2 Leon Campbell revealed that the disciplined militia of upland Peru proved so inept at coping with Tuipac Amaru that the authorities disbanded it in disgust.3 My own work on New Granada showed that while the reformed army registered improvements in external defense and scored some successes in containing the Comuneros, it failed miserably on the frontiers, and, in the long run, probably did more to weaken Spain's ability to combat internal dissent than to strengthen it.4 Given the many millions
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2016 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |