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Military Mission Compliance in Latin America

This study suggests a framework for understanding the relationship between different military missions and differing levels of compliance or non-compliance. Compliance has to do with the nature of the mission itself and whether the military’s prior training and experience is compatible with the duties assigned to it. The greater the gap between the mission and the professional capacity to carry it out, the less likely the military will be favorably predisposed. The exception to that rule is where the potential benefits to a new and unfamiliar mission are considerable. Otherwise where the gap is great, the military will either shirk its duties, bargain, or set conditions as the price for mission fulfillment. I hypothesize that mission compliance will be greatest for peacekeeping, civic action and crop eradication missions. Bargaining is likely over counterinsurgency and non-compliance is most likely for counter-crime and public order missions.

civil-military relations; military missions; professionalism


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