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The Royalist Army of New Spain, 1810-1821: Militarism, Praetorianism, or Protection of Interests?

Department of History, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4.

Although the army of New Spain exhibited few if any signs of praetorianism or militarism prior to the independence wars, 1810-1821, many observers in the decades following national independence described the military as one of the negative impediments to progress in the young Mexican republic. Clearly, the decade of insurgency, guerrilla warfare, and fragmentation of the old polity caused dramatic changes in the attitudes and behavior of army officers. The present article analyzes the impact of the war on the royalist army, which in 1821 largely transformed itself to declare for independence. To develop effective counterinsurgency programs, officers assumed active political and administrative roles. After years of exercising power, they did not wish to return to their barracks.

Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 17, No. 1, 99-116 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/0095327X9001700105


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