The Military History of the Third World Since 1945: A Reference Guide

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This reference guide concentrates on the most important military trends in the Third World since 1945. Designed for students and history buffs, it is useful for beginning research on different countries and regions and for examining the most significant military events for the United States and the world over the last 50 years. Figures and tables provide up-to-date data in succinct form. The factual information has been collected from many sources which are not always easily accessible. An appendix points to key events, and a short bibliography notes significant government documents, reference materials and useful books on the subject.

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.,.".a good source for beginners looking for background and sources. Recommended for undergraduate libraries."-Choice
....a good source for beginners looking for background and sources. Recommended for undergraduate libraries.-Choice
Professor Claude C. Sturgill's three Latin America chapters in The Military History of the Third World Since 1945 is the best work yet done on US security assistance linkage with the military institutions of all the world's development regions.-Parameters
Sturgill has done a great service by compiling a collection of brief thumbnail sketches of the military history, defence spending, and armed forces of dozens of nations. It is broader than the title suggests, for the author includes Israel, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, and many other nations whose status in the Third World is debatable.-Canadian Military History
...".a good source for beginners looking for background and sources. Recommended for undergraduate libraries."-Choice
"Professor Claude C. Sturgill's three Latin America chapters in The Military History of the Third World Since 1945 is the best work yet done on US security assistance linkage with the military institutions of all the world's development regions."-Parameters
"Sturgill has done a great service by compiling a collection of brief thumbnail sketches of the military history, defence spending, and armed forces of dozens of nations. It is broader than the title suggests, for the author includes Israel, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, and many other nations whose status in the Third World is debatable."-Canadian Military History

Author Bio

CLAUDE C. STURGILL, Professor of History, University of Florida, is well known for his studies of the French military system and contemporary topics in world military history./e His most recent books include Low-Intensity Conflicts in American History (Praeger, 1994), Reflections sur l'Administration Fiscale de l'Armee des Bourbons: Le Budget du Secretaire d'Etat a la Guerre de 1720 a 1792 (1994), and Dictionnaire d'Art et d'Histoire Militaires (1988).