The Movement for Regional Arms Control in Latin America

Bibliographic Data

ID4548010
AuthorsHugh B Stinson (Tulane University, corresponding author), James D Cochrane (Tulane University)
Year1971
Volume13
Issue1
Pages1-17
Publication date1971-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1937 • E-ISSN: 2162-2736
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/174744
OpenAlexW2361658216
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

The post-World War II period in Latin America, as elsewhere, has been marked by the presence of two somewhat contradictory phenomena in the field of armaments. On the one hand, most of the countries have continued their long-standing tradition of devoting a substantial portion of their national budgets to the military and have expanded their arsenals of weapons and stocks of military equipment. On the other hand, several governments have suggested various arms control measures for the Latin American countries. The aim of some of these suggestions has been a reduction in the level of armaments, equipment, and force size; the aim of other suggestions has been more modest-to freeze armaments and forces at existing levels; and the aim of still other suggestions has been to ban nuclear weapons from the region

Arms control · Business · Cold war · Control (management) · Development economics · Economics · International trade · Latin Americans · Management · Nuclear weapon · Political science · Politics · International Relations in Latin America · Law · Military History and Strategy · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America

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