Latin America's New Security Reality: Irregular Asymmetric Conflict and Hugo Chavez by Dr. Max G. Manwaring - U163 .M369 2007

"... Dr. Manwaring’s intent is to explain in greater depth what President Chavez is doing and how he is doing it. First, he explains that Hugo Chavez’s threat is straightforward, and that it is being translated into a consistent, subtle, ambiguous, and ambitious struggle for power that is beginning to insinuate itself into political life in much of the Western Hemisphere. Second, he shows how President Chavez is encouraging his Venezuelan and other followers to pursue a confrontational, populist, and nationalistic agenda ... " - Strategic Studies Institute