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Military Politics and Counter-Insurgency in Peru

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Philip Mauceri
Philip Mauceri*
Affiliation:
Center of Latin American Studies, University of Connecticut-Storrs and University of Massachusetts-Amherst
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Eleven years after the start of an insurgent war, Peru's military appears no closer to defeating the two insurgencies that have plagued the country since 1980. The promise of greater political stability and a reduced role for the military in politics, which the the return to civilian rule held out, have largely been dashed. The war has meant a new active role for the military in politics which, under emergency decrees, directly rules over half of the country and maintains an influential voice in national policymaking. Under the previous two elected governments and the current Fujimori administration, the military institution has largely designed and implemented counter-insurgency strategy, leaving civilian policymakers aside in the decision-making process. What is more important, military officials have remained largely unaccountable for their decisions due to the lack of any civilian oversight capacity or alternative strategies. More than a decade after the start of the war, civilians have yet to devise methods that can increase military accountability.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , Winter 1991 , pp. 83 - 110
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Copyright © University of Miami 1991

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