Fear & memory in the Brazilian army and society, 1889-1954 [[electronic resource] /] / Shawn C. Smallman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780366403321
• Autore: Smallman Shawn C
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2002
• ISBN: 979-88-908734-4-6; 0-8078-6050-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Disciplina: 981.06/4
• Soggetti: Civil-military relations - Brazil - History; Sociology, Military - Brazil; Brazil History 1889-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-256) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 history.