With the resignation of General Renee Emilio Ponce in March
1993, the Salvadorian army's sixty-year domination of El Salvador
came to an end. The country's January 1992 peace accords stripped
the military of the power it once enjoyed, placing many areas under
civilian rule. Establishing civilian control during the transition
to democracy was no easy task, especially for a country that had
never experienced even a brief period of democracy in its
history.
Phillip J. Williams and Knut Walter argue that prolonged
military rule produced powerful obstacles that limited the
possibilities for demilitarization in the wake of the peace
accords. The failure of the accords to address several key aspects
of the military's political power had important implications for
the democratic transition and for future civil-military
relations.
Drawing on an impressive array of primary source materials and
interviews, this book will be valuable to students, scholars, and
policy makers concerned with civil-military relations, democratic
transitions, and the peace process in Central America.
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