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- catalog abstract "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, and other sources only recently made available, Shawn Smallman crafts a compelling, revisionist interpretation of Brazil's political history from 1889 to 1954. Smallman examines the topics the Brazilian military wished to obscure--racial politics and terror campaigns, institutional corruption and civil-military alliances, political torture and personal rivalries--to understand the army's growing involvement in civilian affairs. Among the myths he confronts are the military's idealized rendition of its racial policies and its portrayal of itself as above the corruption associated with politicians. His account not only illuminates the origins of the military government's repressive and often brutal actions during the 1960s and 1970s but also carries implications for contemporary Brazil, as the armed forces debate their role in a democratic country.--Publisher description.".
- catalog alternative "Fear and memory in the Brazilian army and society, 1889-1954".
- catalog contributor b12512560.
- catalog coverage "Brazil History 1889-".
- catalog created "c2002".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002".
- catalog description "1. Officers versus Politicians, 1889-1930 -- 2. Chaos, Communism, and Terror, 1930-1937 -- 3. Meaning of Independence, 1937-1945 -- 4. Struggle over Petroleum, 1945-1948 -- 5. Clash of Ideologies, 1949 -- 6. Victory of the Nationalists, 1949-1951 -- 7. Betrayal, Torture, and Suicide, 1951-1954 -- 8. Foundations of Military Rule.".
- catalog description "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, and other sources only recently made available, Shawn Smallman crafts a compelling, revisionist interpretation of Brazil's political history from 1889 to 1954. Smallman examines the topics the Brazilian military wished to obscure--racial politics and terror campaigns, institutional corruption and civil-military alliances, political torture and personal rivalries--to understand the army's growing involvement in civilian affairs. Among the myths he confronts are the military's idealized rendition of its racial policies and its portrayal of itself as above the corruption associated with politicians. His account not only illuminates the origins of the military government's repressive and often brutal actions during the 1960s and 1970s but also carries implications for contemporary Brazil, as the armed forces debate their role in a democratic country.--Publisher description.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-256) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 265 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Fear & memory in the Brazilian army and society, 1889-1954.".
- catalog identifier "080782691X (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0807853593 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Fear & memory in the Brazilian army and society, 1889-1954.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press,".
- catalog relation "Fear & memory in the Brazilian army and society, 1889-1954.".
- catalog spatial "Brazil History 1889-".
- catalog spatial "Brazil".
- catalog spatial "Brazil.".
- catalog subject "981.06/4 21".
- catalog subject "Brazil. Exército Political activity.".
- catalog subject "Civil-military relations Brazil History.".
- catalog subject "F2537 .S65 2002".
- catalog subject "Sociology, Military Brazil.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Officers versus Politicians, 1889-1930 -- 2. Chaos, Communism, and Terror, 1930-1937 -- 3. Meaning of Independence, 1937-1945 -- 4. Struggle over Petroleum, 1945-1948 -- 5. Clash of Ideologies, 1949 -- 6. Victory of the Nationalists, 1949-1951 -- 7. Betrayal, Torture, and Suicide, 1951-1954 -- 8. Foundations of Military Rule.".
- catalog title "Fear & memory in the Brazilian army and society, 1889-1954 / Shawn C. Smallman.".
- catalog title "Fear and memory in the Brazilian army and society, 1889-1954".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".