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Hemispheric giants : the misunderstood history of U.S.-Brazilian relations /

Tracing the full arc of U.S.-Brazilian interaction, Hemispheric Giants thoroughly explores the enigmatic and often-misunderstood nature of the relationship between the two largest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Britta Crandall asks the crucialquestion of why significant engagement between the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crandall, Britta H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : The importance of dual priorities
  • The 1893 naval revolt and the Rio Branco years : origins of the "unique alliance"
  • World War I : widening power disparity
  • World War II : engagement during the Roosevelt-Vargas years
  • The postwar era : drop in policy attention
  • The 1950s : bilateral distancing
  • The 1960s : Brazil in the fight against communism
  • The Carter administration : human rights and nuclear tensions
  • The Reagan administration : atomic bombs and foreign debt
  • Presidents Bush and Clinton : an economic agenda
  • After September 11 : signs of convergence
  • Looking into the future : equal partners?
  • Conclusion : U.S.-Brazilian relations in perspective.