Fear & memory in the Brazilian army and society, 1889-1954 /

For more than half a century, the Brazilian army used fear and censorship to alter history and create its own political myths. Drawing on oral histories, secret police documents and other sources recently made available, the author offers a revisionist interpretation of Brazil's political histo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smallman, Shawn C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Brazil. > Exército > Political activity.
Brazil. > Exército
Since 1889
Geschichte 1889-1954.
Civil-military relations > Brazil > History.
Sociology, Military > Brazil.
Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire > Brésil > Histoire.
Sociologie militaire > Brésil.
HISTORY.
Civil-military relations
Political participation
Sociology, Military
Militär
Gesellschaft
Brazil > History > 1889-
Brésil > Histoire > 1889-
Brazil
Brasilien
Electronic books
History
Online-Publikation.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Officers versus Politicians, 1889-1930; 2. Chaos, Communism, and Terror, 1930-1937; 3. The Meaning of Independence, 1937-1945; 4. The Struggle over Petroleum, 1945-1948; 5. The Clash of Ideologies, 1949; 6. The Victory of the Nationalists, 1949-1951; 7. Betrayal, Torture, and Suicide, 1951-1954; 8. The Foundations of Military Rule; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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