Fear and Memory in the Brazilian Army and Society, 1889-1954

by Shawn C. Smallman and Shawn C. Smallman

Book Overview

For more than half a century, the Brazilian army used fear and censorship to erase aspects of its history from public memory and to create its own political myths. Although the military had remarkable success in promoting its version of events, recent democratization has allowed scholars access to new materials with which to challenge the "official story." Drawing on oral histories, secret police documents, memoirs of dissident officers, army records,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807853593
• ISBN13: 9780807853597
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.7"