Counterinsurgent Warriors: The Early History of the Peruvian Commandos
This article examines the early history of the Peruvian rangers, the commandos, at the beginning of the 1960s. I suggest that the foundation of the School of Commandos shaped a new way of being a military man in Peru, which was more aggressive, performative, and with an emphasis on the destruction o...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | Perú |
| Institución: | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
| Repositorio: | Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/27564 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/27564 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Army Commandos Masculinity Special Forces Pachacutec Ejército Comandos Masculinidad Fuerzas Especiales Pachacútec |
| Sumario: | This article examines the early history of the Peruvian rangers, the commandos, at the beginning of the 1960s. I suggest that the foundation of the School of Commandos shaped a new way of being a military man in Peru, which was more aggressive, performative, and with an emphasis on the destruction of the enemy to defend the motherland. Although this new paradigm of being a soldier was spread to the rest of the armed forces in the 1960s and 1970s, its most lethal features were contained because Peru lived in a situation of peace. However, the internal conflict that Peru experienced between 1980 and 2000 facilitated the spread of violent practices associated with the Special Forces. The war originated a phenomenon that I have called the «commandization» of the Peruvian army. During the internal conflict, thousands of drafted men were exposed to the most lethal aspects of a military culture that had been taking shape since the 1960s. |
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