@article{094c66828b2549fb9dee1318f7a15832,
title = "Military Foundations of Panamanian Politics (review)",
author = "Sanchez, {Peter Michael}",
note = "Harding emphasizes the uniqueness of Panama's militarism. While most other countries in the region suffered from a close association between their armed forces and a strong, autonomous landed oligarchy, a commercial elite governed Panama at the time of its independence in 1903, with scant legitimacy but with the aid of the US government.",
year = "2002",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1353/tam.2002.0120",
language = "American English",
volume = "59",
journal = "Americas",
number = "2",
}