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On 30 August 1975 disgruntled Ecuadorian officers, acting under the leadership of General Raul Gonzalez Alvear, attempted a coup. Although the effort was aborted it paved the way for the initiation of a transition to civilian rule. Factionalism and politicisation lay at the heart of the failed coup and the military’s eventual withdrawal from power; the circumstances surrounding the coup attempt dramatised those central aspects of military rule in Ecuador which are addressed in this chapter.
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Isaacs, A. (1993). Military Factionalism and Politicisation. In: Military Rule and Transition in Ecuador, 1972–92. St Antony’s/Macmillan Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08922-2_5
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