The Guatemalan Military Project: A Violence Called Democracy. JENNIFER SCHIRMER: Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998.

Abstract

 Jennifer Schirmer's book on the Guatemalan military, The Guatemalan Military Project: A Violence Called Democracy, is an important work for understanding the historical and political evolution of nations hitherto under the influence or control of the armed forces. She contends, and I fully agree, that since the military structured and arranged their own "exit" from politics, their view of society and politics still pervades state institutions and mechanisms. In general terms, the Guatemalan state still sees internal security as paramount in any attempt to build consensus.