AS ESCOLAS MILITARES DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS E A PENTAGONIZAÇÃO DAS FORÇAS ARMADAS DA AMÉRICA LATINA

Abstract

This paper aims to analyse the United States of America role and protagonism in the historical process of emergence and consolidation of the Latin American South Cone civil military dictatorships based on the National Security Doctrine. This discussion comes from the analyses of United States interests in the region (economic, geopolitic and military) and from its perception concerning to a greater involvement of the region towards the context and the dynamics of the Cold War.