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Technology and Armed Conflict in Central America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ronald H. McDonald  and
Nina Tamrowski
Ronald H. McDonald
Affiliation:
Maxwell School of Syracuse University
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Whether One Agrees or disagrees with the objectives of a revolution, the experience stimulates emotions from those who participate and those who observe. There have been many experiences which most would regard as revolutionary: the French revolution, the revolution for independence of the United States, the Mexican revolution, the Russian revolution, the Chinese revolution, as well as perhaps those of Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Visions of people rising up against an outworn, impotent, or despotic government accompany our concept of revolution, as do visions of militia soldiers with rifles on their backs and ammunition strapped across their chests.

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Research Article
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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , Spring 1987 , pp. 93 - 108
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Copyright © University of Miami 1987

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