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Book review: Iberian military politics: controlling the armedforces during dictatorship and democratisation by José JavierOlivas Osuna

Alejandro Quiroga

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In Iberian Military Politics: Controlling the Armed Forces During Dictatorship and Democratisation , José Javier Olivas Osuna traces the divergent trajectories of civil-military relations in Portugal and Spain from the 1930s to the 1980s. This book offers a convincing challenge to the idea of a shared Iberian pathway through dictatorship and democratisation, finds Alejandro Quiroga.

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In Iberian Military Politics: Controlling the Armed Forces During Dictatorship and Democratisation , José Javier Olivas Osuna traces the divergent trajectories of civil-military relations in Portugal and Spain from the 1930s to the 1980s. This book offers a convincing challenge to the idea of a shared Iberian pathway through dictatorship and democratisation, finds Alejandro Quiroga.

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In Iberian Military Politics: Controlling the Armed Forces During Dictatorship and Democratisation , José Javier Olivas Osuna traces the divergent trajectories of civil-military relations in Portugal and Spain from the 1930s to the 1980s. This book offers a convincing challenge to the idea of a shared Iberian pathway through dictatorship and democratisation, finds Alejandro Quiroga.

Key concepts: Dictatorship, Democratization, Politics, Political science, Humanities, Civil society, Civil–military relations, Economic history

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