Soldiers of the Pátria: A History of the Brazilian Army, 1889-1937

by Frank McCann

This book provides an authoritative history of the Brazilian army from the army's overthrow of the monarchy in 1889 to its support of the coup that established Brazil's first civilian dictatorship in 1937. The period between these two events laid the political foundations of modern Brazil-a period in which the army served as the core institution of an expanding and modernizing Brazilian state.

The book is based on detailed research in Brazilian,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804732221
• ISBN13: 9780804732222
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.2"